25 MILLIONTH VACCINATION
Date
1968
Description
Ghana’s Regional Chieftain Mampong Akwapim, Timi of Ede, with Surgeon Gen. William Stewart.
This was a celebration in Ghana honoring a child from that region, Rebecca Ansah Asamoah, having been the world’s 25 millionth smallpox vaccinee.
Citation
“25 MILLIONTH VACCINATION,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed June 1, 2023, https://www.globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/3375.