One of the most spectacularly successful large-scale programme undertaken by WHO was the attempt to achieve worldwide eradication of smallpox. By 1973, only seven countries are were affected by the disease, compared with 30 in 1967. However, the disease was endemic in only one country in Africa.
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- Designer: Gabriel Ellison
- Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd (House of Questa)
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in panes of four separated by gutters, guillotined between vertical panes and distributed in panes of two.
- 1A (Cyan) 1A (Yellow) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Black) 1A (Brown) 1A (Green) 1A (Gold) : 1C (Cyan) 1C (Yellow) 1C (Magenta) 1C (Black) 1C (Brown) 1C (Green) 1C (Gold) [Upper left : upper right]
- 1B (Cyan) 1B (Yellow) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Black) 1B (Brown) 1B (Green) 1B (Gold) : 1D (Cyan) 1D (Yellow) 1D (Magenta) 1D (Black) 1D (Brown) 1D (Green) 1D (Gold) [Lower left : lower right]
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References
- The work of WHO, 1973: annual report of the Director-General to the World Health Assembly and to the United Nations
