Bill Foege Interview - October 6, 2005
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Organizations

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health

Online Content

• Smallpox Photos and Diagnosis
• Polio eradication: now more than ever, stop polio forever
• Bill Foege's Keynote Speech at UMich: Vaccination as Part of the Social Contract
• Bill Foege's Page at the Lasker Foundation

Downloadable Resources

• Allan Rosenfield's Interview of Bill Foege (130MB, Real Media), Lasker Foundation
• The Promise of Global Cervical-Cancer Prevention, N Engl J Med 353;20:2101-2104 [Stanford] [Other]
• HIV and National Security: Where are the Links? A Council on Foreign Relations Report, By Laurie Garrett
• The Potential of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines, N Engl J Med 354;11:1109-1112 [Stanford] [Other]
• Nigeria restarts polio campaign, BBC News 2004/07/31
• Selective Epidemiologic Control in Smallpox Eradication, American Journal of Epidemiology, original ring vaccination report, 1971
• Smallpox eradication in West and Central Africa, Bull World Health Organ., Vol. 52, 1975
• Smallpox Eradication in West and Central Africa: Surveillance-Containment or Herd Immunity?, Edward H. Kaplan, PhD and Lawrence M. Wein, PhD
• CDC Smallpox Factsheet

Bill Foege

Dr. Bill Foege, Senior Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides a historical perspective on immunization and other global health strategies.

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