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D.A. Henderson, the former dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health credited with eradicating smallpox, dies

D.A. Henderson, the former dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health credited with eradicating smallpox, dies

Donald Ainslie Henderson, the charismatic public health official who led the World Health Organization's successful effort to eradicate smallpox and later turned his attention to bioterrorism, died Friday at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson of complications after a hip fracture.Dr. Henderson, who went by "D.A.," was a giant in his field.He served at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, became the eighth dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and worked for three presidents in Washington on health threats.He was best known for his work in the 1960s and '70s, when he led the fight against smallpox, an infectious disease that was one of the world's greatest killers until the vaccination campaign.


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D.A. Henderson, 'disease detective' who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87

D.A. Henderson, 'disease detective' who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87

Donald "D.A."Henderson, an American epidemiologist who led the international war on smallpox that resulted in its eradication in 1980, the only such vanquishment in history of a human disease and an achievement that was credited with saving tens of millions of lives, died Aug. 19 at a hospice facility in Towson, Maryland.The cause was complications from a broken hip, said his daughter, Leigh Henderson.A self-described "disease detective," Dr. Henderson spent the defining years of his career as an official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.


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D.A. Henderson, leader of campaign to eradicate smallpox, dead at 89

D.A. Henderson, leader of campaign to eradicate smallpox, dead at 89

BALTIMORE, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Donald Ainslie Henderson, a former dean of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who led the campaign to eradicate small pox, died in Baltimore on Friday.Henderson, who was known as D.A., died following complications from a hip fracture at the age of 89 the UPMC Center for Health Security reported.Henderson truly changed the world for the better," Director of the UPMC Center for Health Security Tom Inglesby said."He led the effort to rid the world of smallpox.