Implementing a global health programme
Smallpox and Nepal
Published on 18. February 2025
320 pages
978-1-5261-7665-3 (ISBN)
Description
Worldwide eradication of the devastating viral disease of smallpox was devised as a distant global policy, but success depended on implementing a global vaccination programme within nation states. How this was achieved remains relevant and topical for responding to today's global communicable disease challenges. The small and poor Himalayan kingdom of Nepal faced enormous geographical and infrastructure challenges if it was going to succeed in a nationwide vaccination programme. This book acknowledges the key role of the WHO but disrupts the top-down, centre-led standard narrative. Against a background of widespread internal political and social change, Nepal's programme was expanded, effectively decentralised and a vaccination strategy introduced that aligned with people's beliefs. Few foreign personnel were involved. -- .
Reviews / Votes
A rich, nuanced understanding of public health history... a must-read for anyone interested in a ground-level perspective on the global smallpox eradication campaign and in understanding the early influences and challenges that shaped Nepal's modern healthcare system.'SINHAS Journal
'The monograph is a welcome addition to the historiography of international health, offering a richly layered perspective on Nepal's eradication efforts.'
Vivek Neelakantan, ISIS -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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2 Maps
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-7665-3 (9781526176653)
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02/2025
Manchester University Press
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Susan Heydon is an Associate Professor in Social Pharmacy at the University of Otago -- .
Content
Introduction
1 Writing Nepal into global smallpox history
2 Smallpox in Nepal
3 Nepal - A nation state
4 1963-64: Epidemic smallpox
5 Engaging global policy - From control to eradication
6 Vaccination and global strategies
7 A time of transition
8 Expanding nationwide
9 Success
Conclusion: Implementing a global health programme - and making it work -- .
1 Writing Nepal into global smallpox history
2 Smallpox in Nepal
3 Nepal - A nation state
4 1963-64: Epidemic smallpox
5 Engaging global policy - From control to eradication
6 Vaccination and global strategies
7 A time of transition
8 Expanding nationwide
9 Success
Conclusion: Implementing a global health programme - and making it work -- .
