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CSU 65/2011: TROPICAL DISEASES TARGETED FOR ELIMIN ...

     Readers, is it time for a series on disease eradication? Write to rdavis@africamail.com, ‘yes’ or ‘no.’   Full text is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11745/#A3015   From Disease Con ... read more

CSU 66/2011: HENDERSON ON SMALLPOX (1)

HENDERSON ON SMALLPOX   When D. A. Henderson took the reins of the Smallpox Eradication Programme in 1966, WHO was on the point of abandoning its decade long commitment to malaria eradication. The eradication skeptics were numerous, including ... read more

CSU 67/2011: HENDERSON ON SMALLPOX (2)

    In the mid-60s, the global smallpox eradication strategy moved from mass vaccination of populations to identification of smallpox foci and their focal containment. Surveillance became the partner of vaccination. Two articles on SEP se ... read more

CSU 68/2011: ONCHOCERCIASIS CONTROL AND ELIMINATIO ...

 AFRICA  Since the late ‘80s, onchocerciasis control, originally based on vector control, has had as its mainstay the periodic distribution of ivermectin during annual campaigns. Here is a description of the programme by one involved ... read more

CSU 74/2011: CONTROL, ELIMINATION, ERADICATION

CONTROL, ELIMINATION, ERADICATION��In this nice discussion, Molyneux and colleagues call for consistent usage�of these related but separate terms.��Control refers to the reduction of a public health problem to a minor�scale. We can contro ... read more

HENDERSON ON SMALLPOX

HENDERSON ON SMALLPOX   When D. A. Henderson took the reins of the Smallpox Eradication Programme in 1966, WHO was on the point of abandoning its decade long commitment to malaria eradication. The eradication skeptics were numerous, including ... read more

CSU 75/2011: WHEN IS A DISEASE ERADICABLE?

  Unblushingly, I reproduce a discussion article from the year 2000 that has weathered the last decade quite well. Writing in the American Journal of Public Health, Aylward and colleagues review the evidence on 20th century eradication efforts, ... read more

YOUR FAVORITE READING IN DISEASE ERADICATION

Dear All, Herewith, in descending order of readership, the most clicked items from last week 1.       When is a disease eradicable?, Aylward and colleagues,  CSU 75/2011 2.       ... read more