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The principles and practice of disease eradication /

The Balmis Expedition from Spain to the New World in 1806, launched off the heels of Jenner's publication on vaccinia vaccine a few years previously, was likely the world's first eradication initiative. The mission was to eradicate the deadly smallpox from the Americas and beyond. That goa...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Breman, Joel G. (Editor), Andrus, Jon Kim (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Communicable diseases > Prevention.
World health.
Disease Eradication
Global Health
Maladies infectieuses > Prévention.
Santé mondiale.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Smallpox Eradication : Triumph of Science and Management / Joel G. Breman, William H. Foege, Leigh A. Henderson, Rosamund F. Lewis, Anne W. Rimoin, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun
  • Rinderpest : Successful Global Eradication of an Animal Virus / Tannia Clark, Mallenshappa Rajasekhar
  • Towards the Eradication of Polio : Perspectives on the History, Strategies, and Recommendations for Success / Jon Kim Andrus, Khusbu Patel, Prabha Raghavan, Sara Seper, Nevien Ismail, Sunil Bahl
  • Global Measles and Rubella Eradication : Status Quo at What Cost? / Jon Kim Andrus, Eleanor Capozzi, Jessica Drew, Katie Kolar, Hayley Lipson,
  • Sydney Nelson, Emma Robinson, Sudhir Khanal
  • Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication / Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Mark L. Eberhard, Sharon L. Roy
  • The elimination of Group A meningococcal meningitis from Sub-Saharan Africa after the introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine / F. Marc LaForce, Mamoudou Djingarey, Andre Bita, Suresh S. Jadhav, Prasad S. Kulkarni, Simonetta Viviani, Marie Pierre Presiosi
  • Disease Elimination
  • Successes and Challenges : examples from River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis and Trachoma / David Molyneux, Agatha Aboe, Roland Bougma, Sunday Isiyaku, Iain Jones, Patrick Ndongmo, Joseph Oye, Sarah Bartlett, Finlay White, Phillip Downs, Simon Bush
  • Cholera / Jacqueline Deen, John D. Clemens
  • Malaria elimination : principles and practice / Kim A. Lindblade, Kamini Mendis, Blanca Escribano Ferrer, John Chimumbwa, Richard W. Steketee
  • HIV Principles and Elimination Efforts / Jesse O'Shea, Pascale Wortley, Robert A. Bonacci
  • Controlling Pandemic COVID-19 : Is Eradication Possible? / David M. Morens, Gagandeep Kang
  • Global Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Syphilis
  • the Power of Comprehensive, Integrated Antenatal Care Programming / Lori M. Newman, Melanie M. Taylor, Morkor Newman Owiredu, Teodora Elvira C. Wi, Maeve B. Mello, Nathalie J. Broutet, Mary L. Kamb
  • Mpox Control and Prevention : Addressing new disease modalities and adapting control strategies in the face of an evolving disease / Adva Gadoth, Megan Halbrook, Nicole A Hoff, Danae Witte, Didine Kaba, Emile Malembi, Robert Shongo, Placide Mbala Kingabeni, Joel G. Breman, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W. Rimoin
  • Surveillance for eradication: turning surveillance upside down / David L. Heymann, Rosanna Peeling
  • Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses : The Unique Challenge of Eradication Programs / Leigh A. Henderson.