Public health and epidemiologyWhich unique achievement in epidemiology is of particular interest to you? The one achievement that particularly interests me is the eradication of smallpox from many countries, as it has contributed greatly to the well-being of millions of people around the world. In the 1790s, research showed that cowpox infection had the ability to provide protection against smallpox (Lorion, 2006). Understanding the epidemiology of smallpox is a central point that enabled the eradication of the disease. Briefly describe this achievement in epidemiology. When did this realization happen? Smallpox is a fatal disease caused by the variola virus, classified in the orthopoxvirus family (Norn, 2011). Smallpox was one of the world's most feared diseases until it was eradicated through a joint global vaccination program led by the World Health Organization. The eradication of this disease was a major global achievement as smallpox was officially declared eradicated in 1979. The last known case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia in 1977. The other case of smallpox was recorded in 1978 in Birmingham . city ​​was the result of a laboratory accident (Surjan, 2009). One person was killed and a limited outbreak of the disease was recorded. Briefly describe an important tool that can be used to measure its occurrence in a population. Epidemiological surveillance is an important tool that can be used to measure the occurrence of smallpox in the population. population (Lee, 2002). Surveillance should in this case integrate questions of incidence and prevalence. Statistical analysis of the data collected as part of the survey makes it possible to indicate middle of paper ...... and the prevalence of smallpox. This extensive research on smallpox provided a platform through which epidemiologist and scientists devised some ways to eradicate the disease. Research on smallpox identified smallpox infection as one of the methods of protecting an individual from smallpox infection (Lorion, 2006).ReferencesBarnard, B. (2005). Epidemic: epidemics that changed history. New York: Crown Publishers. Lee, E. (2002). An experiment with smallpox in California. February 1912. The American Journal of Nursing, 102, 2, 5-7. Lorion, D. (2006). Risk assessment for smallpox patients. Journal of Health Sciences, 108, 10, 812-826. Norn, A. 2011). The smallpox epidemic around the world. California: California University Press. Surjan, G. (2009). The cultural history of medical classifications. Oxford: Oxford University