. "William Herbert Foege M.D., M.P.H.(/\u02C8fe\u026A\u0261i\u02D0/; 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."@en . . "1936Z"^^ . . . "Foege, William"@en . . . . . "American epidemiologist" . . . . "1936-03-12Z"^^ . . . . "Foege, Bill"@en . "William H. Foege"@en . .