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The 1974 smallpox epidemic of India was one of the worst smallpox epidemics of the 20th century and occurred three years before smallpox was eradicated. Over 15,000 people contracted and died from smallpox between January and May 1974. Most of the deaths occurred in the Indian states of Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal. There were thousands who survived but were disfigured or blinded. India reported 61,482 cases of smallpox to World Health Organization (WHO) in these five months. India had over 86% of the world's smallpox cases in 1974, primarily due to this epidemic. By January 1975, an operation was started aimed at containing the last cases of smallpox, called "Target Zero", with the identification of the last smallpox patient in India occurring on May 24, 1975. By 1980, smallpox was cert

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  • 1974 smallpox epidemic in India (en)
  • Épidémie de variole de 1974 en Inde (fr)
  • 1974年インド天然痘流行 (ja)
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  • L'épidémie de variole de 1974 en Inde a été la dernière grande épidémie de variole du XXe siècle, avec 189 439 cas signalés en 1974-1975 avec un taux moyen de mortalité de 17,4 %. Le dernier cas de variole en Inde survient le 24 mai 1975. (fr)
  • 1974年インド天然痘流行（1974ねんいんどてんねんとうりゅうこう）は、1974年にインド国内で発生した天然痘のエピデミック（国内流行）である。この流行は、20世紀最悪の天然痘流行の一つとなった。 (ja)
  • The 1974 smallpox epidemic of India was one of the worst smallpox epidemics of the 20th century and occurred three years before smallpox was eradicated. Over 15,000 people contracted and died from smallpox between January and May 1974. Most of the deaths occurred in the Indian states of Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal. There were thousands who survived but were disfigured or blinded. India reported 61,482 cases of smallpox to World Health Organization (WHO) in these five months. India had over 86% of the world's smallpox cases in 1974, primarily due to this epidemic. By January 1975, an operation was started aimed at containing the last cases of smallpox, called "Target Zero", with the identification of the last smallpox patient in India occurring on May 24, 1975. By 1980, smallpox was cert (en)
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  • The 1974 smallpox epidemic of India was one of the worst smallpox epidemics of the 20th century and occurred three years before smallpox was eradicated. Over 15,000 people contracted and died from smallpox between January and May 1974. Most of the deaths occurred in the Indian states of Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal. There were thousands who survived but were disfigured or blinded. India reported 61,482 cases of smallpox to World Health Organization (WHO) in these five months. India had over 86% of the world's smallpox cases in 1974, primarily due to this epidemic. By January 1975, an operation was started aimed at containing the last cases of smallpox, called "Target Zero", with the identification of the last smallpox patient in India occurring on May 24, 1975. By 1980, smallpox was certified as being eradicated from the world. Smallpox was eradicated due to the WHO's smallpox eradication program. This program was formally established in 1958, but because of logistics disagreements between the WHO and the Indian government, did not progress rapidly. Headway only began to take place in India after the reorganization of the WHO in the mid 1960s. Donald Henderson, who was a U.S. Public Health Services Officer stationed in New Delhi, said that "If this interest and concern about ending smallpox can be maintained for the next few months, it's all over. We don't think we're overconfident, but everything looks good. By June of 1975, we hope we'll be finished with smallpox in Asia." (en)
  • L'épidémie de variole de 1974 en Inde a été la dernière grande épidémie de variole du XXe siècle, avec 189 439 cas signalés en 1974-1975 avec un taux moyen de mortalité de 17,4 %. Le dernier cas de variole en Inde survient le 24 mai 1975. (fr)
  • 1974年インド天然痘流行（1974ねんいんどてんねんとうりゅうこう）は、1974年にインド国内で発生した天然痘のエピデミック（国内流行）である。この流行は、20世紀最悪の天然痘流行の一つとなった。 (ja)
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