Title:
This man was standing guard at the entrance to a home in which was found a smallpox case. His job was to keep those infected with the virus
Description:
This man was standing guard at the entrance to a home in which was found a smallpox case. His job was to keep those infected with the virus inside the house, and to see that those asymptomatic individuals living in the house, or any non-resident contacts were immediately vaccinated. This image was part of a series provided by Dr. Stan Foster, and captured by Pierre Claquin, M.D., B.A.C., who at the time was a member of the World Health Organization's Smallpox Eradication Program. It was part of a series photographed by former E.I.S. officer, Stanley O. Foster M.D., M.P.H., and was one of a series entitled 'The Story of One Smallpox Jeep', which depicted the travails faced by the jeep, and its occupants of public health practitioners, as they road through the Bangladesh countryside in an attempt to eradicate smallpox from the country.
Creator:
CDC/ World Health Organization; Stanley O. Foster M.D., M.P.H.
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Date Added:
November 17, 2012