The Sabin Vaccine Institute announced the release of its sponsored special supplement to Vaccine titled “Smallpox Eradication after 30 Years: Lessons, Legacies and Innovations.” Sabin said its President, Dr. Peter Hotez, and Sabin Executive Vice President Dr. Ciro de Quadros, “share their insights on global health innovations and advancements since the eradication of smallpox was certified by the World Health Assembly in 1980.” The issue captures content from a special symposium “which reviewed the major lessons from smallpox eradication and how they could be useful to future health initiatives, and also featured research and discussions regarding issues that require more attention from the global health community such as the need for new vaccines to confront infectious diseases in developing countries.” The symposium, organized by the Fogarty International Center, the Sabin Vaccine Institute and FIOCRUZ took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August of 2010. Dr. Breman commented, “The symposium went far beyond assembling many giants of smallpox eradication in one place. Scientific and public health leaders addressed the control and eradication of guinea worm, polio, measles, rubella, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. They were able to describe how research, epidemiological surveillance, and good management that contributed to smallpox eradication are being applied to their programs.” The entire special supplement and a summary of the 2010 symposium can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X/29/supp/S4
24 April 2012

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