When is a disease eradicable? 100 years of lessons learned | Zendy

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When is a disease eradicable? 100 years of lessons learned

Author(s) -

Bruce Aylward,

Karen Hennessey,

Nevio Zagaria,

Jean-Marc Olivé,

S. L. Cochi

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.10.1515

Subject(s) - disease eradication , disease , politics , organism , political science , medicine , environmental health , economic growth , biology , pathology , economics , law , paleontology

Since the 1915 launch of the first international eradication initiative targeting a human pathogen, much has been learned about the determinants of eradicability of an organism. The authors outline the first 4 eradication efforts, summarizing the lessons learned in terms of the 3 types of criteria for disease eradication programs: (1) biological and technical feasibility, (2) costs and benefits, and (3) societal and political considerations.

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