Eradication of schistosomiasis.

The War against a Regional Disease in Japan A History of the Eradication of Schistosomiasis japonica

Description Regional disease (schistosomiasis) was endemic for more than 400 years in an area spanning some 20,000 ha along three rivers, Kamanashi River, Arakawa, and Fuefuki River. The people living there suffered from this fatal disease characterized by swollen abdomen and abdominal ascites. Our regional eradication program was initiated when the regional leader of a village, Kasugai, Higash...

Schistosomiasis: An Assessment of Past Eradication as a Guide for Future Strategies in the People's Republic of China

Schistosomiasis.

Smallpox and Dracunculiasis: The Scientific Value of Infectious Diseases That Have Been Eradicated or Targeted for Eradication. Is Schistosomiasis Next?

Scientists and clinicians studying a particular disease have an ideal goal that, if achieved, would be paradoxical: finding the disease cure and thereby putting themselves out of work. 2015 marks the 35th year since the cure for smallpox eradicated this human scourge. Before a vaccine was developed, infection with smallpox virus occurred in over 10 million people per year around the world, with...

Ranking Poverty Eradication Policies

مقدمه: حل مسئله فقر به منزله علت بسیاری از ناهنجاری‌های اجتماعی ـ همچون فساد، بزهکاری و نظایر آن ـ مستلزم تدوین و اجرای یک برنامه جامع فقرزدایی در کشور است. در این راستا بررسی انواع خط‌مشی‌های فقرزدایی و انتخاب کارآترین و مناسب‌ترین خط‌مشی با توجه به شرایط عمومی کشور، یکی از پیش نیازهای تنظیم هر برنامه ملی فقرزدایی محسوب می‌گردد. روش: در پژوهش حاضر، ابتدا انواع گوناگون خط‌مشی‌های فقرزدایی شناسا...