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International Task Force for Disease Eradication Overview

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International Task Force for Disease Eradication - Original Members (1989 - 1992)

 

Edward Andrews, Jr., M.D.
The Charles A. Dana Foundation

Dr. Sune Bergstrom
Swedish Academy of Sciences

William Foege, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
The Carter Center

Ralph H. Henderson, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P.
Task Force for Child Survival and Development (WHO)

Terrel Hill, Ph.D.
Task Force for Child Survival and Development (UNICEF)

Robert S. Lawrence, M.D.
Task Force for Child Survival and Development (Rockefeller Foundation)

Adetokunbo O. Lucas, M.D.
Carnegie Corporation of New York and Harvard School of Public Health

Anthony Measham, M.D.
Task Force for Child Survival and Development (The World Bank)

William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Timothy Rothermel
Task Force for Child Survival and Development (United Nations Development Program

Yusuke Tada, M.D.
Japan International Cooperation Agency

Samuel Thier, M.D.
Institute of Medicine and Brandeis University

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