Personal Experiences in the Malaria Eradication Campaign 1955–1962

Global rinderpest eradication and the South Asia Rinderpest Eradication Campaign

The idea of the South Asia Rinderpest Eradication Campaign (SAREC) evolved alongside similar campaigns in Africa (PARC) and West Asia (WAREC). In 1983, FAO organized an Expert Consultation on Requirements for the Rinderpest Eradication Campaign in South Asia, which was held in India. Following the consultation, FAO commissioned a team to visit the five countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Ne...

Malaria: global challenges for malaria eradication

Theenormousdecline in theannualmorbidity andmortality frommalaria is the spectacular global public health success of the past decade. This achievement results largely from increased finance for investment in measures known to prevent malaria: bednets treated with long-lasting insecticides, chemoprophylaxis, and rapid access to effective treatment.Suchhasbeenthesuccessof thesemeasures thatplans ...

Terminology of Malaria and of Malaria Eradication.

WHO plans new yaws eradication campaign.

“It’s just a normal part of a child’s life here in Ghana”, said Akua Mansa, pointing to the ugly boils and fl yinfested ulcers scattered over the body of Yaa, her 9-year-old daughter. “She’s got yaws. But these problems will go away as she gets older.” Meanwhile, Yaa plays alone in the dusty courtyard, shunned by other children. She does not go to school for fear of being mocked by her classmat...

The polio eradication campaign: time to shift the goal.

The social rejection of the polio eradication campaign in endemic countries challenges an assumption underlying the goal itself: the full compliance of an entire population to a public health programme. The polio campaign, which has been an extraordinary public health enterprise, is at risk of becoming irremediably unpopular if the eradication goal is pursued at all costs. The Global Polio Erad...