House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox canonical | 2 |
| Smallpox: The Death of a Disease | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox Context triple: [William H. Foege, hasWritten, House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox Target entity description: House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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A.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a widely influential book by Jared Diamond that explores how geography, environment, and the distribution of domesticable plants and animals shaped the unequal development of human societies.
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B.
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z is a 2016 biographical adventure film about British explorer Percy Fawcett’s obsessive search for a fabled ancient civilization in the Amazon rainforest.
-
C.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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D.
Stories That Matter
Stories That Matter is the guiding motto of the Peabody Awards, emphasizing their focus on honoring impactful and socially significant storytelling in media.
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E.
Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history book
ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ public health book ⓘ |
| author | William H. Foege ⓘ |
| awards | Epidemiology and Prevention Section Award for Excellence in Public Health (American Public Health Association, related recognition) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describesEvent | global smallpox eradication campaign ⓘ |
| describesMethod |
ring vaccination
ⓘ
surveillance and containment ⓘ |
| describesOrganization |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ |
| describesOutcome | eradication of smallpox ⓘ |
| describesPlace |
Africa
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ India ⓘ |
| focusesOnTimePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | House on Fire ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780520268364 ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Donald A. Henderson
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William H. Foege ⓘ World Health Organization field workers ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOf | William H. Foege ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
ⓘ
public health professionals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
historical narrative
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| mainSubject | smallpox eradication ⓘ |
| mediaType |
ebook
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person account ⓘ |
| pageCount | 240 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of California Press ⓘ |
| relatedField |
epidemiology
ⓘ
global health history ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Smallpox: The Death of a Disease ⓘ |
| setting | global ⓘ |
| subject |
disease eradication
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epidemiology ⓘ global health ⓘ smallpox ⓘ vaccination campaigns ⓘ |
| timeOfContext | Cold War era ⓘ |
| topic |
public health policy
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surveillance and containment strategy ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox Description of subject: House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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