House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox

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history book nonfiction book public health book

House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.

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instanceOf history book →
nonfiction book →
public health book →
author William H. Foege →
awards Epidemiology and Prevention Section Award for Excellence in Public Health (American Public Health Association, related recognition) →
countryOfOrigin United States →
describesEvent global smallpox eradication campaign →
describesMethod ring vaccination →
surveillance and containment →
describesOrganization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention →
World Health Organization →
describesOutcome eradication of smallpox →
describesPlace Africa →
Bangladesh →
India →
focusesOnTimePeriod 1960s →
1970s →
20th century →
genre nonfiction →
hasAlternativeTitle House on Fire →
hasISBN 9780520268364 →
hasKeyFigure Donald A. Henderson →
William H. Foege →
World Health Organization field workers →
hasPerspectiveOf William H. Foege →
intendedAudience general readers →
public health professionals →
language English →
literaryForm historical narrative →
memoir →
mainSubject smallpox eradication →
mediaType ebook →
print →
narrativeForm first-person account →
pageCount 240 →
publicationDate 2011 →
publisher University of California Press →
relatedField epidemiology →
global health history →
relatedWork Smallpox: The Death of a Disease →
setting global →
subject disease eradication →
epidemiology →
global health →
smallpox →
vaccination campaigns →
timeOfContext Cold War era →
topic public health policy →
surveillance and containment strategy →
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William H. Foege →
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William H. Foege →
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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox ("Smallpox: The Death of a Disease") →
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