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Humanity celebrates 40 years without one of its greatest killers: smallpox

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Geneva (Switzerland), Dec 14 EFE, (Camera: Antonio Broto).- Smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people over the millennia, but 40 years ago it became the first and now the only infectious disease that humanity has managed to eradicate, an achievement that the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated this week with official acts and tributes.FOOTAGE OF WHO BUILDING IN SWITZERLAND INTERVIEWS WITH DR. DANIEL TARANTOLA AND DR. JOHN COPLAND,

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