Background Control operations targeting Animal African Trypanosomiasis and its primary
vector, the tsetse, were covering approximately 128,000 km2 of Africa in 2001, which is a …

Podoconiosis is an inflammatory disease caused by prolonged contact with irritant minerals
in soil. Major symptoms include swelling of the lower limb (lymphoedema) and acute pain …

Objective To consolidate recent information on elimination and eradication goals for
infectious diseases and clarify the definitions and associated terminology for different goals …

Background Guinea worm–Dracunculus medinensis–was historically one of the major
parasites of humans and has been known since antiquity. Now, Guinea worm is on the brink …

When the president invited me to give the Harveian Oration she asked me to range widely.
This comes with many hazards, including making complex issues simplistic. It is, however, in …

Large-scale programs are seeking to control or eliminate infectious diseases with the
greatest impact on global health. Many of these efforts target the neglected tropical diseases …

Background Health economic evaluations of interventions in infectious disease are
commonly based on the predictions of ordinary differential equation (ODE) systems or …

Background Podoconiosis is one of the major causes of lymphoedema in the tropics.
Nonetheless, currently there are no endemicity classifications or elimination targets to …

Eradication of a disease is one of the greatest gifts any generation can give to subsequent
ones, but most attempts have failed. The biggest challenges occur in the final stages of …

There have been various infectious disease eradication programs implemented in various
parts of the world with varying degrees of success since the early 1900s. Of all those …