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This man was about to be vaccinated against smallpox, during Nigeria’s 1968 Smallpox Eradication program. The world's last reported case of endemic smallpox occurred in Somalia in October 1977. Subsequently, in 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox due to a worldwide vaccination campaign. The WHO then recommended that all countries cease vaccination.
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Creation Date: 1968
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