Dr. Ciro de Quadros, Global immunization advocate and leader
Dr. Ciro de Quadros, global immunization advocate and leader, passed away quietly in Washington DC last night, May 28, 2014. He fought a long battle with cancer. For those of you who, like myself, had the privilege to work directly with Ciro, I am sure you share with me the sense of loss of this ins...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pan African Medical Journal
2014-05-01
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| Series: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
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https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/18/103/pdf/103.pdf
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| Summary: | Dr. Ciro de Quadros, global immunization advocate and leader, passed away quietly in Washington DC last night, May 28, 2014. He fought a long battle with cancer. For those of you who, like myself, had the privilege to work directly with Ciro, I am sure you share with me the sense of loss of this inspiring public health leader. For those of you who did not know him, Ciro is, to a large extent, the reason why immunization has been such a resounding public health success. Inspired by his experience of working on smallpox eradication (much of it in the Horn of Africa), and energized by the success of polio elimination under his leadership in the Region of the Americas, he became a forceful advocate and dedicated supporter of measles and then rubella elimination. Most of the elimination strategies and we follow today were proposed, tested and proven in the Americas under Ciro's direction. |
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| ISSN: | 1937-8688 1937-8688 |