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Edward Jenner's 1796 smallpox vaccine saved hundreds of millions; vaccines are medicine's greatest triumph
England ๐ฌ๐ง 1796 Medical Milestones
Key Facts
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Edward Jenner (1796): first vaccine โ used cowpox to protect against smallpox
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Smallpox eradicated 1980 โ WHO declared; only disease ever eradicated from Earth through vaccination
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India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP): 12 vaccines free to all children; polio eliminated 2014
๐ Did you know? Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980 โ the only human disease ever eradicated; thanks entirely to vaccination
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Edward Jenner's 1796 smallpox vaccine saved hundreds of millions