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CSU 124/2011: SMALLPOX ERADICATION AND POLIO ERADI ...

'the question of eradicating smallpox in India was never purely a medical or biological issue, and never presented simplistically as such by those responsible for its eradication. It was, by necessity, a far more intricate phenomenon, which required ... read more

CSU 125/2011: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN VIRAL DISEAS ...

By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases—smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles—we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication. In these in ... read more

CSU 71/2011: MALARIA ERADICATION IN 40 YEARS

   An interview with Dr Robert D Newman,  director of the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Programme since July 2009. Also accessible at http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/1/11-040111.pdf Good reading.   ... read more

HOW A FAILURE WITH MEASLES HELPED TO ERADICATE SMA ...

  HOW A FAILURE WITH MEASLES HELPED TO ERADICATE SMALLPOX Lawrence K. Altman, New York Times, 26 September 2011 When I helped run a measles immunization program in West Africa in the 1960s, I learned that in global health small things can ... read more

FACT SHEETS ON GUINEA WORM ERADICATION

FACT SHEETS ON GUINEA WORM ERADICATION   With guinea worm (dracunculiasis) now confined almost entirely to the Republic of South Sudan, and no non-human host, this disease may be the next to be eradicated. Fact sheets and other information ... read more

MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE ON DISEASE ...

  MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE ON DISEASE ERADICATION  Full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8632.pdf   Conclusions and recommendations:   1. Africa’s 74% coverage of MDA [mass drug administrati ... read more

UPDATE ON ONCHO ELIMINATION IN THE AMERICAS

UPDATE ON ONCHO ELIMINATION IN THE AMERICAS Excerpts below; full text is at http://www.who.int/wer/2011/wer8638.pdf ‘Two significant events in the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas were celebrated at the 20th meeting in ... read more

BOOK REVIEW: HENDERSON AND FOEGE ON SMALLPOX ERADI ...

‘Perhaps the greatest obstacle was the “knowledge” that eradication was impossible’.BOOK REVIEW: HENDERSON AND FOEGE ON SMALLPOX ERADICATION From Emerging Infectious Diseases. Also at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11 ... read more