India
2010

Indian Independence Day and celebration of the end of smallpox in India, 15 Aug 1975

This T-shirt, worn in the preceding photographs, commemorates the end of smallpox in India. The shirt is displayed by displayed by Dr Stephen Jones (USA), a WHO epidemiologist who worked in India, Bangladesh, and Somalia. The occasion is the International Symposium on Smallpox after 30 Years: Lessons, Legacies and Innovations, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-27 August 2010.