Open AccessWhen 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.