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William H. Foege, a physician-epidemiologist, led the global eradication of smallpox via ring vaccination, conducting pivotal campaigns in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and India before directing the CDC and shaping HIV and broader public-health efforts; he died at 89.
William Foege pioneered ring vaccination, a targeted strategy that stopped smallpox by vaccinating the right people around cases, transforming a centuries-old killer into a disease we no longer fear; his death underscores the danger of letting proven public-health progress fade as measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases resurge.