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Donald Ainslie Henderson (September 7, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American physician, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world and launched international childhood vaccination programs. [1]
Aug 25, 2016 · An American epidemiologist, Henderson served as director of the World Health Organization's Smallpox Eradication Program from 1966 to 1977, the year the last known case...
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Donald Ainslie Henderson, MD, MPH ’60, a leader of the international effort to eradicate smallpox – considered one of public health’s greatest successes – and a former dean of what is now the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died Friday. He was 87.
Aug 21, 2016 · Dr. Donald A. Henderson, a leader of one of mankind’s greatest public health triumphs, the eradication of smallpox, died on Friday in Towson, Md. He was 87.
Aug 23, 2016 · Donald Ainslie Henderson, MD, MPH ’60, a leader of the international effort to eradicate smallpox – considered one of public health’s greatest successes – and a former dean of what is now the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died Friday. He was 87.
Aug 22, 2016 · Henderson, a few weeks shy of his 88th birthday, died late Friday of complications that arose after he recently fractured a hip.
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Celebrating the Life and Contributions of Dr. Donald Ainslie Henderson,” brought together global public health leaders, family, friends, colleagues and admirers to share memories of D.A.—personal and professional—who died on August, 19, 2016, in Towson, Maryland.
Aug 16, 2016 · Dr. Donald A. Henderson of the United States (1928-2016) was a physician, educator, and epidemiologist who led the international effort that eradicated smallpox around the world. Dr. Anderson directed the global smallpox eradication campaign for the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1966 to 1977.
Aug 21, 2016 · US doctor and epidemiologist Donald Henderson, who led a successful campaign to wipe out smallpox worldwide, has died at the age of 87. Hailed as a "giant" in the field of...
Sep 10, 2016 · Epidemiologist credited with eradicating smallpox. Born on Sept 7, 1928, in Lakewood, OH, USA, he died of complications from a broken hip on Aug 19, 2016, in Towson, MD, USA, aged 87 years. When Donald “D A” Henderson took the helm of WHO's global campaign to end smallpox in 1966, he faced scepticism from the public health community that ...