US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- The CDC provided funding for the measles vaccination initiatives in southern Africa, to supplement the resources provided by the region’s ministries of health. The number of measles cases was reduced from 60,000 in 1996 to just 117 four years later; the number of measles deaths fell from 166 to zero.
- The CDC played a central role in the global smallpox eradication effort, providing technical and financial support, and offering crucial momentum and support when the program was revived in the mid 1960s. Under the leadership of Dr. D.A. Henderson, the CDC contributed staff, equipment and technical expertise to programs in western and central Africa. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977.
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