A portrait of the microbe hunter Karel Raška, honoured for his lifelong contribution to science
The founder of modern Czechoslovak epidemiology and microbe hunter Karel Raška received the Honorary Neuron Award in memoriam at the State Opera on 28 September, for his lifelong contribution to science and for the worldwide eradication of the smallpox virus. Karel Raška is among the most significant figures of Czech science, and the World Health Organization still follows his system of epidemiological surveillance, built on the principle of rapid, coordinated containment of potential outbreaks. The document adopted in 1964 by the World Health Organization, whose Division of Communicable Diseases he headed, led to the eradication of smallpox. Get to know Karel Raška's story in his portrait.
The founder of modern Czechoslovak epidemiology and microbe hunter Karel Raška received the Honorary Neuron Award in memoriam at the State Opera on 28 September, for his lifelong contribution to science and for the worldwide eradication of the smallpox virus. Karel Raška is among the most significant figures of Czech science, and the World Health Organization still follows his system of epidemiological surveillance, built on the principle of rapid, coordinated containment of potential outbreaks. The document adopted in 1964 by the World Health Organization, whose Division of Communicable Diseases he headed, led to the eradication of smallpox. Get to know Karel Raška's story in his portrait.
