In early 1999, more than 160 senior physicians, public health officials, and nurses met to discuss London's tuberculosis (TB) control program. The program was examined against the public health response of New York City's Bureau of Tuberculosis Control during a 1988 to 1992 epidemic. This article outlines TB epidemiology and control in New York City 10 years ago and in London today to assess wh...

An epidemic of human African trypanosomiasis, also called sleeping sickness, was identified in Tambura County, Southern Sudan in 1997. Implementation of a sleeping sickness control program by international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Tambura County resulted in a three-fold decrease in the incidence of sleeping sickness between 1997-1999. The sustainability of these interventions onc...

T tobacco epidemic is one of the most dangerous and pervasive public health concerns the world faces today. Tobacco consumption is an epidemic that spreads not by infection, but by promotion and advertisement, and, more importantly, lack of effective regulation. In other words, it is an epidemic that can be controlled if governments implement appropriate tobacco control measures. Integrating a ...