Global Smallpox Eradication

There was a lot of self interest involved in the wealthier nations who gave money and vaccine to this whole programme. The number of vaccines administered did not really work as the goal, since teams might drive up their vaccination numbers without actually vaccinating more of the population. Reporting methods were still all over the place, and eradication was only possible if health officials actually knew when and where outbreaks were happening. Another gap was standards for the vaccine itself. In 19 67, the world health organization asked vaccine manufacturers to submit samples of their small pox vaccine, and only 30 % of them met w h o standards for quality and potency. Some of the submitted vaccine samples did not contain any vaccine avirus at