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William Herbert Foege M.D., M.P.H.(/ˈfeɪɡiː/; born 1936 in Decorah, Iowa) is an American epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s".Foege also "played a central role" in efforts that greatly increased immunization rates in developing countries in the 1980s.His book House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox, published in June 2011, speaks to the triumph of modern science, medicine, and public health over a disease responsible for killing, blinding, and scarring millions over centuries of human history.

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rdfs:comment	William Herbert Foege M.D., M.P.H.(/ˈfeɪɡiː/; born 1936 in Decorah, Iowa) is an American epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s".Foege also "played a central role" in efforts that greatly increased immunization rates in developing countries in the 1980s.His book House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox, published in June 2011, speaks to the triumph of modern science, medicine, and public health over a disease responsible for killing, blinding, and scarring millions over centuries of human history.
foaf:name	Foege, William William H. Foege
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dc:description	American epidemiologist
alias	Foege, Bill
alma mater	Pacific Lutheran University Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health University of Washington
birth date	1936-03-12(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Decorah, Iowa
birth year	1936-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
employer	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
nationality	United States
occupation	dbpedia:William_Foege__1 dbpedia:William_Foege__2 dbpedia:Epidemiology dbpedia:Physician
residence	United States
spouse	dbpedia:Paula_Foege
state of origin	United States
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_H._Foege.jpg?width=300

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