The Global Great Society and the US commitment to smallpox eradication

Bob H. Reinhardt

doi:10.1016/j.endeavour.2010.09.006

The Global Great Society and the US commitment to smallpox eradication

Bob H. Reinhardt

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Abstract

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the United States would join the fledgling global program to eradicate smallpox, beginning with a program in West Africa. The American commitment to smallpox eradication represented a broader effort in the United States and the developing world to expand international health programs and build a Global Great Society. The Global Great Society came to grief, but global smallpox eradication would ultimately succeed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	164-172
Number of pages	9
Journal	Endeavour
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.endeavour.2010.09.006
State	Published - Dec 2010

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The Global Great Society and the US commitment to smallpox eradication

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