Nick Ward (physician) explained

Nick Ward is a British physician and expert on smallpox. He worked in Botswana before having lead roles during the World Health Organization's smallpox eradication programme in Bangladesh and was the first coordinator of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

In 1993 he delivered the inaugural Pumphandle Lecture of the John Snow Society.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Foster . Stanley O. . Hughes . Kenneth . Tarantola . Daniel . Glasser . John W. . December 2011 . Smallpox eradication in Bangladesh, 1972–1976 . Vaccine . en . 29 . D22-9 . 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.081 . 5723923 . 22188934.
2. Web site: Keywood . Sean . Nick's got the beating of Himalayan balsam plant . https://web.archive.org/web/20231028070045/https://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/20330617.nicks-got-beating-himalayan-balsam-plant/ . 28 October 2023 . 28 October 2023 . Exmouth Journal . en.
3. Book: Pallen, Mark. The Last Days of Smallpox; Tragedy in Birmingham. 2018. 9781980455226. 71–73. 24. Bangladesh 1973.
4. Book: Henderson, D. A.. Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer. Prometheus Books. 2009. 978-1-59102-722-5. 32.
5. Book: Goodfield. Quest for the Killers. 1985. Birkhäuser. 978-0-8176-3313-4. 203. en.
6. Web site: 9 September 1993. 1993 Dr Nick Ward: Global Polio Eradication- a call for action. 11 September 2020. The John Snow Society. en-GB.
7. Book: Bartlett, Karen . The Health of Nations: The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate Epidemic Diseases. 2017. Oneworld Publications. 978-1-78607-069-2. 61.
8. https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/79374/E88105.pdf?ua=1 "Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication"
9. Web site: 9 September 1993 . 1993 Dr Nick Ward: Global Polio Eradication- a call for action . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026111238/https://johnsnowsociety.org/1993/09/09/1993-dr-nick-ward-global-polio-eradication-a-call-for-action/ . 26 October 2023 . 26 October 2023 . The John Snow Society.