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Donald Henderson, who led effort to eradicate smallpox, dies at 87

Donald Henderson, who led effort to eradicate smallpox, dies at 87

Donald Henderson (Photo: Johns Hopkins)Donald A. Henderson, who headed the World Health Organization vaccination effort that wiped out smallpox in 1977 and later became a U.S. bioterrorism expert, has died from complications following a hip fracture, officials said on Sunday.The 1966-1977 smallpox program at first was given little chance of succeeding.It required the development of labs around the world to produce vaccines, a constant scramble for funding, arm-twisting of governments to join in, and halting outbreaks as soon as they emerged by focusing on vaccinating people who came in contact with those infected, Henderson told the WHO."The most important legacy of smallpox eradication was its demonstration of how many people could be protected through vaccination, so rapidly and inexpensively with a well planned program and quality-control monitoring," the man known as "D.A.," said in an interview published by the World Health Organization a few years ago.


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D.A. Henderson, doctor who eradicated smallpox, dies

D.A. Henderson, doctor who eradicated smallpox, dies

WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Henderson, an American doctor and public health official who led the successful global drive to wipe out smallpox in the 1960s and '70s, credited with saving tens of millions of lives, has died.Known as D.A., Henderson was a "giant" in public health, said Michael Klag, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a position Henderson previously held.Henderson "led the World Health Organization's successful 10-year effort to eradicate smallpox, one of the greatest public health achievements in history," Klag said in a statement announcing his death on Friday."Smallpox is the only human disease ever to have been eradicated."ADVERTISEMENTHenderson died Friday in Baltimore of complications from a broken hip, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — where he was serving as a scholar — said in a statement.


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Donald Henderson, eradicator of smallpox, dies aged 87

Donald Henderson, eradicator of smallpox, dies aged 87

Donald "D.A."Henderson, the man credited with eradicating smallpox, has died aged 87.The physician spearheaded a decade-long World Health Organisation vaccination effort that wiped out the disease in 1977.Smallpox, which is highly infectious and kills 30% of its victims, is one of only two infectious diseases to have been successfully eradicated.


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Donald Henderson, 'disease detective' who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87 — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Donald Henderson, 'disease detective' who eradicated smallpox, dies at 87 — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

Dr. 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, according to his daughter, Leigh Henderson.A self-described "disease detective," Henderson spent the defining years of his career as an official of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.Later, he served as dean of Johns Hopkins University's school of public health and as a science and bioterrorism adviser in three presidential administrations.