Ali Maalin was that last person to be infected with smallpox, in 1977.

Ali Maalin is the last person known to have been infected of smallpox , in 1977, and he survived.

Ali Maalin offered to take two children who became infected with smallpox to the hospital. Although he managed to save them, Maalin was infected with smallpox and became very ill.

Ali Maalin was a Somali hospital cook and health worker from Merca who is the last person known to be infected with naturally occurring Variola minor smallpox

He was a man who volunteered to take 2 children infected with smallpox to the hospital. Unfortunately, he was also infected with smallpox. At that time, the only existing smallpox case in the world was Ali's.

In 1979, 2 cases of smallpox appeared in children in a group of nomads, near the town of Mirko. Maalin volunteered to take these children to the hospital, managing to save them. However, Maalin became infected with smallpox, being the only case of smallpox at the time. Ali Maalin recovered and was the last victim of smallpox.

Ali Maow Maalin was a Somali hospital cook and health worker from Merca who is the last person known to be infected with naturally occurring Variola minor smallpox. He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery