Beginning of the Ethiopian programme

Dr. Ciro De Quadros describes here the challenges faced in mapping the incidence of smallpox in Ethiopia, the hostility of the managers of the malaria eradication programmes in the country, the role of the American ‘Peace Core’ corps in developing a better idea of the source of outbreaks and, not least, the WHO administrators’ role in developing a national chapter of a global smallpox eradication programme.