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TWO ON RIVER BLINDNESS

TWO ON RIVER BLINDNESS SITREP ON ONCHOCERCIASIS IN AFRICA English language conclusions below; full text, in French and English, is at http://www.who.int/wer/2013/wer8850.pdf?ua=1 Conclusions   During the year 2012, a total of 99.3 million ... read more

ERADICATION: IN THE MOOD FOR WIPING OUT VACCINE-PR ...

INTERVIEW WITH DR. CIRO DE QUADROS    Bull World Health Organ 2014;92:236–237   IN THE MOOD FOR WIPING OUT VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES    Ciro de Quadros has led some of the most successful immunization c ... read more

MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR DISEAS ...

MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR DISEASE ERADICATION, JANUARY 2014 WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD, 11 APRIL 2014, Conclusions and recommendations below; full text, in French and English, is at http://www.who.int/wer/2014/wer8915.pdf?ua=1 ... read more

GUINEA WORM (DRACUNCULIASIS) ERADICATION: UPDATE O ...

GUINEA WORM (DRACUNCULIASIS) ERADICATION: UPDATE ON PROGRESS AND ENDGAME CHALLENGES Abdul R. Al-Awadia, Abdulhakim Al-Kuhlanib, Joel G. Bremanc, Ogobara Doumbod, Mark L. Eberharde, Robert T. Guiguemdef, Pascal Magnusseng, David H. ... read more

DRACUNCULIASIS ERADICATION – GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE ...

DRACUNCULIASIS ERADICATION – GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE SUMMARY, 2013   Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2014/wer8919.pdf?ua=1   From the Editorial Note:   The year 2013 was the most successful year in terms of the greates ... read more

ADDRESS TO THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY ON GUINEA WOR ...

With sufficient effort in four countries, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia and Mali, dracunculiasis could be wiped out globally in 2014. To date, 2014 has seen only ten reported cases. For the  2013 global surveillance summary on guinea worm, consult ... read more

NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY, DR. CIRO DE QUADROS

CIRO DE QUADROS, 74, DIES; LEADER IN RIDDING LATIN AMERICA OF POLIO By PAUL VITELLO New York Times, June 2, 2014 Dr. Ciro de Quadros, a Brazilian epidemiologist who navigated war zones and reimagined outmoded public health practices to lead an immu ... read more

PROGRESS IN TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF YAWS: HOPE ...

PROGRESS IN TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF YAWS: HOPE FOR ERADICATION? The Lancet Global Health, Volume 2, Issue 7, Pages e369 - e370, July 2014 Lola V Stamm a Endemic treponematoses are a group of chronic bacterial infections caused by non-cultivabl ... read more