Bhattacharya, Sanjoy orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-4047 (2007) Struggling to a monumental triumph:Re-assessing the final stages of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980. História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos. pp. 1113-1129. ISSN 0104-5970
Abstract
The global smallpox program is generally presented as the brainchild of a handful of actors from the WHO headquarters in Geneva and at the agency's regional offices. This article attempts to present a more complex description of the drive to eradicate smallpox. Based on the example of India, a major focus of the campaign, it is argued that historians and public health officials should recognize the varying roles played by a much wider range of participants. Highlighting the significance of both Indian and international field officials, the author shows how bureaucrats and politicians at different levels of administration and society managed to strengthen—yet sometimes weaken—important program components. Centrally dictated strategies developed at WHO offices in Geneva and New Delhi, often in association with Indian federal authorities, were reinterpreted by many actors and sometimes changed beyond recognition.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | The research for this article was funded by a project grant awarded by the Wellcome Trust, UK |
Keywords: | Smallpox eradication, global health, immunisation, global health histories, India, smallpox vaccination, World Health Organization |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2013 15:02 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:16 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702007000400002 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1590/S0104-59702007000400002 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:67810 |
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Description: ‘Struggling to a monumental triumph: re-assessing the final stages of the smallpox eradication program in India, 1960-1980’, História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, vol. 14, n. 3, October-December 2007, pp. 1113-1129.