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    • Smallpox in Dacca, Bangladesh

      Courtesy Photo   |   USAID, Historical Archive   |   07.13.2015

      Bangladesh is the last battlefield in the war on small pox. Ninety-five percent of the 12,000 smallpox cases reported in 1975 occurred there. The great movement of people caused by last year's floods spread the disease throughout the country. As part of the global effort to stamp out smallpox in 1975, the Government of Bangladesh has mobilized thousands of government workers and volunteers to......

    • Smallpox in Dacca, Bangladesh

      Courtesy Photo   |   USAID, Historical Archive   |   07.13.2015

      Bangladesh is the last battlefield in the war on small pox. Ninety-five percent of the 12,000 smallpox cases reported in 1975 occurred there. The great movement of people caused by last year's floods spread the disease throughout the country. As part of the global effort to stamp out smallpox in 1975, the Government of Bangladesh has mobilized thousands of government workers and volunteers to......