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2005 Bangladesh. Rahima Banu 30 years later

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Source: Joel Breman

Bangladesh
2005

Rahima Banu, the last case of smallpox in Bangladesh, 30 years after her recovery. She remains badly scarred from variola major, the more virulent form of the disease. She was considered unmarriageable because of her scarring until the government gave her a plot of land.