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No. 00160
First Disease Eradicated by Vaccination
- Holder
- World Health Organization (Smallpox Eradication Program)
- Date
- 1980
- Location
- International
- Certificate
- GBR-C-2026-0000152
About this record
The WHO's Smallpox Eradication Program, completed in 1980, made smallpox the first infectious disease ever eradicated through vaccination, one of the largest vaccination campaigns in history.
