Resultado de búsqueda
William Herbert Foege (/ ˈ f eɪ ɡ i /; fay-ghee; born March 12, 1936) is an American physician and epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s". From May 1977 to 1983, Foege served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Learn about Dr. William H. Foege, a physician and epidemiologist who led the effort to eradicate smallpox and co-founded the Task Force for Global Health. He is a Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Health at Emory University and a former senior medical adviser for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
William H. Foege, MD, MPH is an epidemiologist who worked in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Dr. Foege became Chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Smallpox Eradication Program, and was appointed director of CDC in 1977.
Bill Foege: gentle giant of global health. Richard Lane. Published: June 30, 2012 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736 (12)61054-X. PlumX Metrics. In December, 1966, Bill Foege was working as a consultant for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on smallpox eradication in a medical mission in a remote part of eastern Nigeria.
Learn how William Foege, ’61, a UW School of Medicine alumnus, led the global eradication of smallpox with his innovative surveillance-and-containment strategy. Read his book and his insights on how to tackle COVID-19 and other public health challenges.
25 de abr. de 2012 · The strength of House on Fire is the first-hand and insider knowledge that distinguished American epidemiologist William (Bill) Foege brings to his account of the World Health Organisation (WHO) campaign that culminated in the eradication of smallpox.
7 de jun. de 2016 · William H. (Bill) Foege, regarded by many as one of the most distinguished global health leaders of our time and called the “father of global health” by Duke President Richard Brodhead, received an honorary degree from Duke at its commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15.
