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[NPR/AP]

Leader in smallpox eradication, Dr. William Foege, dies at 89

Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories - the global eradication of smallpox - has died.

Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to the Task
Force for Global Health, which he co-founded.
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But his greatest achievement came before all that, with his work on
smallpox, one of the most lethal diseases in human history
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"If you look at the simple metric of who has saved the most lives, he is
right up there with the pantheon. Smallpox eradication has prevented
hundreds of millions of deaths," said former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden,
who consulted with Foege regularly.
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