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When is a disease eradicable? 100 years of lessons learned.

[dracunculiasis]

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.

Diseases presenting "first international eradication initiative" symptom

  • dracunculiasis

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