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 | |
| State | Published - Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
- Global Health
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
- Immunization Programs/history
- Public Health Practice/history
- Smallpox/history
- Smallpox Vaccine
- Social Perception
- Social Welfare/history
- United States
- World Health Organization