NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Thanks to the success of vaccination, the last natural outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949. In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally occurring smallpox have happened since.

Detailed explanation-2: -World Free of Smallpox Almost two centuries after Jenner hoped that vaccination could annihilate smallpox, the 33rd World Health Assembly declared the world free of this disease on May 8, 1980. Many people consider smallpox eradication to be the biggest achievement in international public health.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of history’s deadliest diseases, smallpox is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people since 1900 alone. But a massive global vaccination campaign put an end to the disease in 1977-making it the first disease ever eradicated.

Detailed explanation-4: -Routine vaccination of the American public against smallpox stopped in 1972 after the disease was eradicated in the United States.