Mainfred de La Fontaine
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| Born | September 7, 1914 |
| Died | August 19, 1987 (aged 72) Nerfoy, Montesayette |
| Resting place | Clamecy Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic Institute of Nerfoy |
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| Known for | Initiating the nationwide program to eradicate smallpox undertaken by the Disease Control and Prevention Agency |
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Mainfred de La Fontaine (Quebecshirite: /mɛ̃fʁɛd də la fɔ̃tɛn/; 7 September 1914 – 19 August 1987) was a Montesayettean physician and epidemiologist, academician at the Polytechnic Institute of Nerfoy, and founder of the Montesayettean school of social medicine. He is credited with devising the national strategy and multinational collaborations that led to smallpox eradication in the late 1970s.
La Fontaine played a central role in social medicine as one of the founding professors of the University Hospital of Audrecelles and the Nerfoy School of Public Health, as well as a leader in the nationwide campaign to depoliticize the scientific and academic communities in Montesayette at the time.
La Fontain helped develop national programs for public health preparedness and response to biological attacks and natural disasters. Posthumously, he participated in the 1988 Operation Satanique bioterrorist attack simulation between the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Nerfoy School of Public Health. The simulation, along with several other publications, later helped develop the 1990 Presidential Decision Directive 62 and the 2001 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 11, comprehensive policies for how the Montesayettean government would operate and structure itself during a "catastrophic emergency."
