Target Zero: Western Pacific

Summary & Regional Information

Country	Last endemic case	Importations during SEP	Certification	Method	Document	URL
China, People's Rep	1961	None	Dec 1969	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/79.152	WHO: 10665/68285
Cambodia (Kampuchea)*	1959	None	Dec 1979	Detailed report prepared by WHO Western Pacific Regional Office	WHO/SE/79.152 pp 59-60	WHO: 10665/68285
Lao People's Dem Rep (Laos)**	1953	None	7 Dec 1978	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21	WHO: 10665/68264
Tibet	1961	None	1979	Visit and expert report	WHO/SE/79.151	WHO: 10665/68284
Viet Nam			7 Dec 1978	Visit and detailed country report	WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21	WHO: 10665/68264

* Cambodia was in political turmil throughout most of the SEP and had name changes recognized by some but not all nations and international bodies. Generally, it was referred to as the Khmer Republic (1970-75) and Kampuchea (1975-89) before reverting to 'Cambodia' in 1989.

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

China

Year	Title	Authors	Source	URL
	SMALLPOX CONTROL BEFORE 1967
1966	[Paleographic and paleopathologic data on the problem of smallpox in ancient Egypt and China] Hungarian	Regoly-Merei G	Orv Hetil 1966 107(15):702-7
1972	[Smallpox prevention during the Ming dynasty] Hebrew	Hes HS, Rutkovska C	Korot 1972 6(1-2):96-9
1980	Smallpox in Mongolia during the Ming and Ching dynasties	Serruys H	Zentralasiat Stud 1980 14:41-63
2002	Disease and its impact on politics, diplomacy, and the military: the case of smallpox and the Manchus (1613-1795)	Chang CF	J Hist Med Allied Sci 2002 57(2):177-97	DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/57.2.177
1947	Preparation of simple and dried smallpox vaccine in gum acacia; a preliminary report	Wei H	Chin Med J 1947 65(5-6):163-6
1981	The eradication of smallpox in Shanghai, China, October 1950-July 1951	Xu H, Jiang Y	Bull WHO 1981 59(6):913-7	PMCID: PMC2396138
1951	An outbreak of smallpox in Wuhu; analysis of 108 cases	Tan AY	Chin Med J 1951 69(1-2):69-75
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	DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114956

	SMALLPOX ERADICATION PROGRAMME
1979	Special report on smallpox and its eradication in Yunnan Province, China	Dept of Health, Yunnan Province	SME/79.10	WHO: 10665/68312
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	Fenner F, Breman JG	SME/79.11	WHO: 10665/68313
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	WHO: 10665/68275
1979	Supplementary information to the report on smallpox eradication in China	Govt of People's Rep of China	GC.WP/79.5	DAH: Chesney Med Arch
1978	The Achievement of Global Eradication of Smallpox : Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication	--	WHO/SE/79.152	WHO: 10665/68285

Year	Title	Authors	Source	URL
1995	[Smallpox control in Indochina: variolation vs vaccination?] French	Guenel A	Hist Philos Life Sci 1995 17(1):55-79
1978	Report to the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication--Socialist Republic of Viet Nam		SME/78.26, Annex 6 [Coissued as GC WP/78.44]	WHO: 10665/68306
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	WHO: 10665/68265
1978	Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, 1st meeting, 4-7 December 1978		WHO/SE/78.132 pp 7,21	WHO: 10665/68264

By WHO Region | Western Pacific

Summary & Regional Information

China

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

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

Viet Nam