World Health Organization contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972. After over two decades of fighting smallpox, the WHO declared in 1979 that the disease had been eradicated – the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort. Also in 1967, the WHO launched the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and the World Health Assembly voted to enact a resolution on Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, with a focus on community-driven care. In 1974, the Expanded Programme on Immunization and the control programme of onchocerciasis was started, an important partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization
Qapqal disease Qapqal disease Qapqal disease was a infectious disease among Sibe people in Qapqal, Xinjiang, China. The local endemic outbreaks were first reported in 1958, and they were eradicated soon after the identification of them as cases type A botulism. After the liberation of 1949, a mysterious plague was noticed to be affecting severy Sibe villages in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County. It was endemic with distinctive epidemic patterns, yet the underlying cause remained unknown for a long period of time. It caused a number of deaths and forced some people to leave the place. In 1958, a team of experts were