Talk:Ali Maow Maalin

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Did you know... that Ali Maow Maalin was the last person in the world to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox?

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Born

He was born in 1954 (he was age 23, in 1977, when it was announced that smallpox was eradicated) 194.166.232.65 (talk) 22:18, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguity

'he died of malaria while carrying out polio vaccinations after the reintroduction of the virus' - rephrase slightly as unclear (to 'casual reader') which disease was reintroduced 80.254.147.68 (talk) 15:56, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Life dates; age

The dates of birth and death given do not figure with the stated age at death. I don't know which needs fixing. Uporządnicki (talk) 18:18, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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