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Dahlem LS - The Eradication of Infectious Diseases (about life sciences but no LS no.) (Hardcover)
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Dahlem LS - The Eradication of Infectious Diseases (about life sciences but no LS no.) (Hardcover)
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In October, 1987, smallpox became the first disease of humans to
have been deliberately eradicated. Since then, global eradication
campaigns against dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) and
poliomyelitis have nearly reached their goals, and initial steps
have been taken to stimulate similar programs to eradicate
lymphatic filariasis and measles. Other successful efforts are
expected to follow these. In 1993, an International Task Force for
Disease Eradication evaluated over 80 potential candidate diseases
and made recommendations. However, little has been done to develop
the science of eradication systematically. This book reports the
findings of a multidisciplinary workshop on the eradication of
infectious diseases. It reviews the history of eradication efforts
and lessons from previous campaigns and distinguishes among
eradication, elimination, and control programs and extinction of an
etiologic agent. It addresses a wide range of related issues,
including biological and socio-political criteria for eradication,
costs and benefits of eradication campaigns, opportunities for
strengthening primary health care in the course of eradication
efforts, and other aspects of planning and implementing eradication
programs. Finally, it stresses the importance of global mechanisms
for formulating and implementing such programs. Goal of this Dahlem
Workshop: to identify the biological/epidemiological, cost/benefit,
and societal/political criteria for the eradication of infectious
diseases.
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