International Commissions conducted rigorous certification procedures in countries that were endemic at the beginning of the Smallpox Eradication Programme in 1967, or had become endemic since then. For all countries except Iraq and Syria, where the Global Commission required additional information, certification occurred at the end of the meeting dates shown.
Detailed country procedures: Smallpox and Its Eradication, Chapters 24-26. International Commission members: Chapter 24, pp 1140-6.
See also: Places visited and persons examined in preparation for and during visits by International Comm for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. SME/80.4: 10665/68325
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Paraguay | SE/WP/71.18 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Argentina | SE/WP/71.25 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru | SE/WP/71.27 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Bolivia | SE/WP/71.29 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Brazil, Chile | SE/WP/71.48 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Venezuela | SE/WP/71.51 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Suriname, Uruguay | SE/WP/71.56 | ||
| 1971 | Report to the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas: Guyana | SE/WP/71.58 | ||
| 1973 | Report of the Commission for the Assessment of the Smallpox Eradication Program in the Americas | PAHO/CD.22.19 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Report of the WHO International Commission on Assessment of Smallpox Eradication in Indonesia, 25 April 1974 | WHO/SE/74.68 | 10665/67640 |
Countries included: Benin (Dahomey), Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Benin | SE/WP/75.10 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Upper Volta [Burkina Faso] | SE/WP/75.8 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Gambia | SE/WP/75.11 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Ghana | SE/WP/75.12 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Republic of Guinea | SE/WP/75.1 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Republic of Guinea-Bissau | SE/WP/75.15 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Republic of Ivory Coast | SE/WP/75.2 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Liberia | SE/WP/75.9 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Republic of Mali | SE/WP/75.3 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Mauritania | SE/WP/75.13 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Niger | SE/WP/75.14 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Nigeria | SE/WP/75.4 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Senegal | SE/WP/75.5 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Sierra Leone | SE/WP/75.6 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1975 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Western Africa: Togo | SE/WP/75.7 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | ||
| 1976 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Upper Volta | AFR/Smallpox/80 | |||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Variolation in Punjab | Ullah IC | PAK/PUN/WP/76.12 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch |
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Assessment of Smallpox Eradication in Afghanistan | WHO/SE/77.89 | WHO: 10665/68206 | |
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Assessment of Smallpox Eradication in Pakistan | WHO/SE/77.90 | WHO: 10665/68208 | |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in India | SEA/Smallpox/77 | |||
| 1977 | The Nepal smallpox eradication programme: Description and analysis | Shrestha PN, Robinson DA, Friedman J | SME/77.1 | WHO: 10665/68287 | |
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in India | SEA/Smallpox/78 and Indian J Public Health 1978 22(1):8-15 |
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| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Nepal | SEA/Smallpox/79 | |||
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Bhutan | SEA/Smallpox/80 | |||
Countries included: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Burundi | SE/CAC/77.1 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: United Republic of Cameroon | SE/CAC/77.2 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Central African Republic | SE/CAC/77.4 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Chad | SE/CAC/77.8 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Congo | SE/CAC/77.3 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Equatorial Guinea | SE/CAC/77.6 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Gabon | SE/CAC/77.5 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Rwanda | SE/CAC/77.7 | ||
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Zaire (DR Congo) | SE/CAC/77.9 | ||
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, United Republic of Cameroon, Zaire | AFR/Smallpox/86 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Burma | SEA/Smallpox/81 | ||
| 1977 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Burma | SEA/Smallpox/83 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Documentation for International Commission. Bangladesh Smallpox Eradication Programme. Status Report 1 Jun 1976 | DA Henderson personal archives | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | |
| 1977 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Bangladesh | SEA/Smallpox/82 | ||
| 1977 | Eradication of smallpox in Bangladesh. Report of the International Smallpox Assessment Commission, 1-14 Dec 1977 | SEA/Smallpox/84 | DAH: Chesney Med Arch | |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Malawi | SE/SEAC/78.1A, 1B | ||
| 1978 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Mozambique | SE/SEAC/78.2A, 2B | ||
| 1978 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Tanzania | SE/SEAC/78.3A, 3B | ||
| 1978 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia | AFR/Smallpox/87 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Visit report of the members of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Iraq, 5-15 October 1978 | WHO/SE/78.127 [Coissued as GC WP/78.25] |
WHO: 10665/68260 | |
| 1978 | Report to the members of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication | Min of Health, Iraq; WHO | WHO/SE/78.114 [Coissued as GC WP/78.26] |
WHO: 10665/68244 |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Visit report of the members of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Syrian Arab Republic, 15-22 Oct 1978 | WHO/SE/78.126 [Coissued as GC WP/78.23] |
WHO: 10665/68259 | |
| 1978 | Report to the members of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Syrian Arab Republic | Min of Health, Syrian Arab Republic; WHO | WHO/SE/78.111 [Coissued as GC WP/78.24] |
WHO: 10665/68239 |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Uganda | SE/UGA/78.1A, 1B | ||
| 1978 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Uganda | AFR/Smallpox/88 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The eradication of smallpox in Sudan | SME/78.13 | ||
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Sudan, 15-29 November 1978 | WHO/SE/79.134 [Coissued as GC WP/78.3] |
WHO: 10665/68267 |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in Angola: Status report, 9 November 1978 | Smallpox unit, WHO | SME/78.18 | WHO: 10665/68297 | |
| 1978 | Assessment of activities in preparation for the certification of smallpox eradication in Angola: Visit report, August 1978 | Tigre CH | SME/78.24 | WHO: 10665/68304 | |
| 1979 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Angola | SE/ANG/79.1A,1B | |||
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Angola | AFR/Smallpox/89 | |||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in Botswana: Status report, 8 November 1978 | SME/78.16 | WHO: 10665/68295 | |
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in Swaziland: Status report, 8 November 1978 | SME/78.17 | WHO: 10665/68296 | |
| 1979 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland | SE/BLS/79.1A, 1B | ||
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland | AFR/Smallpox/90 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 Apr 1978 | SME/78.7 | WHO: 10665/68310 | |
| 1978 | The Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Status report on the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen | Min of Public Health, People's Dem Rep of Yemen, WHO | WHO/SE/78.125 [Coissued as GC WP/78.19] |
WHO: 10665/68258 |
| 1979 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, April 1979 | Min of Public Health, People's Dem Rep of Yemen; WHO | WHO/SE/79.136 | WHO: 10665/68269 |
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, 3-11 June 1979 | WHO/SE/79.140 | WHO: 10665/68273 | |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in the Yemen Arab Republic: Status report, November 1976 | SME/78.23 | WHO: 10665/68303 | |
| 1978 | Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 Apr 1978 | SME/78.7 | WHO: 10665/68310 | |
| 1979 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Yemen Arab Republic, June 1979 | Min of Health, Yemen Arab Republic; WHO (Steinglass RC) | WHO/SE/79.138 | WHO: 10665/68271 |
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Yemen Arab Republic, 2-10 June 1979 | WHO/SE/79.139 | WHO: 10665/68272 | |
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication programme in the Republic of Djibouti, 6 November 1977 - 20 December 1977. [Assessment of the present situation and implementation of surveillance activities] | Grasset NC | WHO/SE/78.100 | WHO: 10665/68227 | |
| 1978 | Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 Apr 1978 | SME/78.7 | WHO: 10665/68310 | ||
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in the Republic of Djibouti: Status report, 23 November 1978 | SME/78.27 [Coissued as GC WP/78.13] |
WHO: 10665/68307 | ||
| 1979 | Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, Republic of Djibouti. October 1979 | Min of Health, Rep of Djibouti; WHO (Ryst JP) | WHO/SE/79.143 | WHO: 10665/68276 | |
| 1979 | Joint meeting of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication from the Horn of Africa and the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, October | ||||
| — Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Djibouti, 9-18 October 1979 | WHO/SE/79.147 | WHO: 10665/68280 | |||
| — Joint Report of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Countries of the Horn of Africa, Nairobi, 26 October 1979 | Rangaraj AG | WHO/SE/79.150 | WHO: 10665/68283 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Report of the International Commission for Preliminary Assessment of Smallpox Eradication in Ethiopia, 3-18 April 1978 | SME/79.6 | WHO: 10665/68317 | ||
| 1978 | Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 Apr 1978 | SME/78.7 | WHO: 10665/68310 | ||
| 1978 | Report on a visit to Ethiopia by Members of the Global Commission for Smallpox Eradication, 31 May - 15 June 1978 | Dumbell KR, Shrestha PN | SME/78.11 | WHO: 10665/68291 | |
| 1979 | Smallpox Eradication in Ethiopia. Report to the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication | Min of Health, Ethiopia, WHO, (Tekeste Y, Hailu A, do Amaral C, Arbani PR, Khodakevich LN, Ward NA, Wickett J, eds) | WHO/SE/79.144 | WHO: 10665/68277 | |
| 1979 | Joint meeting of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication from the Horn of Africa and the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, October | ||||
| — Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Ethiopia, 1-17 October 1979 | WHO/SE/79.148 | WHO: 10665/68281 | |||
| — Joint Report of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Countries of the Horn of Africa, Nairobi, 26 October 1979 | Rangaraj AG | WHO/SE/79.150 | WHO: 10665/68283 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Recommendations of the Third Coordination Meeting for Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 Apr 1978 | SME/78.7 | WHO: 10665/68310 | ||
| 1979 | Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication: Kenya | Min of Health, Kenya, WHO | WHO/SE/79.141 | WHO: 10665/68274 | |
| 1979 | Joint meeting of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication from the Horn of Africa and the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, October | ||||
| — Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Kenya, 1-19 October 1979 | WHO/SE/79.149 [Co-issued as AFR/Smallpox/92] |
WHO: 10665/68282 | |||
| — Joint Report of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Countries of the Horn of Africa, Nairobi, 26 October 1979 | Rangaraj AG | WHO/SE/79.150 | WHO: 10665/68283 | ||
| Year | Title | Authors | Source | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Smallpox eradication in Somalia: Status report, 1 Oct 1978 | WHO/SE/78.128 [Co-issued as GC WP/78.14 |
WHO: 10665/68266 | ||
| 1979 | Smallpox eradication in Somalia. Report to the International Commission on the Smallpox Eradication Programme in Somalia | Min of Health, Somalia (Deria A); WHO (Ježek Z, Al Aghbari MK, Hatfield R, Tulloch J, ed) | WHO/SE/79.145 | WHO: 10665/68278 | |
| 1979 | Joint meeting of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication from the Horn of Africa and the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication. Nairobi, Kenya, October | ||||
| — Report of the International Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in Somalia, 1-21 October 1979 | WHO/SE/79.146 | WHO: 10665/68279 | |||
| — Joint Report of the International Commissions for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication in the Countries of the Horn of Africa, Nairobi, 26 October 1979 | Rangaraj AG | WHO/SE/79.150 | WHO: 10665/68283 | ||
