William Foege
William Herbert Foege M.D., M.P.H. ( /ˈfeɪɡiː/; born 1936 in Decorah, Iowa) is an American epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s".
Foege also "played a central role" in efforts that greatly increased immunization rates in developing countries in the 1980s.
His book, House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (ISBN 978-0520268364) was published in June 2011.
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