Summary

Country	Last endemic case	Importations during SEP	Certification	Method	Document
China, People's Rep	1961	None	Dec 1969	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/79.152
Kampuchea (Cambodia)*	1959	None	Dec 1979	Detailed report prepared by WHO Western Pacific Regional Office	WHO/SE/79.152
Lao People's Dem Rep (Laos)**	1953	None	7 Dec 1978	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21
Tibet	1961	None	1979	Visit and expert report	WHO/SE/79.151
Viet Nam			7 Dec 1978	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21

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* Cambodia was renamed the People's Republic of Kampuchea in 1989.

** Laos was renamed the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

China

Year	Title	Authors	Source
HISTORICAL
1980	Smallpox in Mongolia during the Ming and Ching dynasties	Serruys H	Zentralasiat Stud 1980 14:41-63
1981	The eradication of smallpox in Shanghai, China, October 1950-July 1951	Hui X, Yutu J	Bull World Health Organ 1981 59(6):913-7	OPEN
1988	Outbreaks of smallpox due to variolation in China, 1962-1965. [Introduction by DA Henderson]	Jiang Y, Ma J, Xiahou G	Am J Epidemiol 1988 128(1): 39-45
SMALLPOX ERADICATION PROGRAMME
1979	Special report on smallpox and its eradication in Yunnan Province, China	Dept of Health, Yunnan Province	SME/79.10	PDF
1979	Report on a visit to the People's Republic of China to consider matters relating to the certification of smallpox eradication, 14-30 July 1979	F Fenner, JG Breman	SME/79.11	PDF
1979	Smallpox eradication in China. Report submitted to WHO, 31 Jul 1979	Govt of People's Rep of China	WHO/SE/79.142 Rev 1	PDF
1979	Supplementary information to the report on smallpox eradication in China	Govt of People's Rep of China	GC.WP/79.5	PDF
1978	Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Dec 1979		WHO/SE/79.152	PDF

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Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Year	Title	Authors	Source
1967	Smallpox Surveillance Report Draft 2 Dec 1967. (Prepared but not distributed) Assessment survey—Laos	T Phetsiriseng, S Falkland	SE/SR/67.2:20-1	PDF
1978	Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1st meeting, 4-7 December 1978		WHO/SE/78.132:7,21	PDF

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Autonomous Region of Tibet in the People's Rep of China

Year	Title	Authors	Source
1979	Smallpox eradication in the Autonomous Region of Tibet in the People's Republic of China	Govt of People's Rep of China	WHO/SE/79.151	PDF

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Viet Nam

Year	Title	Authors	Source
1978	Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication--Socialist Republic of Viet Nam		SME/78.26 Annex 6	PDF
1978	Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	Ministry of Health, Viet Nam and WHO	WHO/SE/78.133	PDF
1978	Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1st meeting, 4-7 December 1978		WHO/SE/78.132:7,21	PDF

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