Eradication - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eradication write by Nancy Leys Stepan. This book was released on 2013-02-15. Eradication available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dream of a world completely free of disease may seem utopian, but eradication—used in its modern sense to mean the reduction of the number of cases of a disease to zero by deliberate public health interventions—has been pursued repeatedly. Campaigns against yellow fever, malaria, and smallpox have been among the largest, most costly programs ever undertaken in international public health. But only one so far has been successful—that against smallpox. And yet in 2007 Bill and Melinda Gates surprised the world with the announcement that they were committing their foundation to eradicating malaria. Polio eradication is another of their priorities. Are such costly programs really justifiable? The first comprehensive account of the major disease-eradication campaigns from the early twentieth century right up to the present, Eradication places these ambitious goals in their broad historical and contemporary contexts. From the life and times of the American arch-eradicationist Dr. Fred Lowe Soper (1893-1977), who was at the center of many of the campaigns and controversies surrounding eradication in his lifetime, to debates between proponents of primary health care approaches to ill health versus the eradicationists, Nancy Leys Stepan’s narrative suggests that today these differing public health approaches may be complementary rather than in conflict. Enlightening for general readers and specialists alike, Eradication is an illuminating look at some of the most urgent problems of health and disease around the world.
The Eradication of Infectious Diseases
The Eradication of Infectious Diseases - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Eradication of Infectious Diseases write by Donald Hopkins. This book was released on 1998-03-06. The Eradication of Infectious Diseases available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1993, an International Task Force for Disease Eradication evaluated over 80 potential candidate diseases and made recommendations. However, little has been done to develop the science of eradication systematically. This book reports the findings of a multidisciplinary workshop on the eradication of infectious diseases. It reviews the history of eradication efforts and lessons from previous campaigns and distinguishes among eradication, elimination, and control programs and extinction of an etiologic agent. It addresses a wide range of related issues, including biological and socio-political criteria for eradication, costs and benefits of eradication campaigns, opportunities for strengthening primary health care in the course of eradication efforts, and other aspects of planning and implementing eradication programs. Finally, it stresses the importance of global mechanisms for formulating and implementing such programs.
House on Fire
House on Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook House on Fire write by William H. Foege. This book was released on 2011-06-06. House on Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Bill Foege takes us inside the world's greatest public health triumph: the eradication of smallpox. It's a story of true determination, passion and courage. The story of smallpox should encourage all of us to continue the critical work of worldwide disease eradication.”--Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “Bill Foege is one of the public health giants of our times. He was responsible for the design of the campaign that eradicated smallpox—the most important global health achievement in history and possibly the greatest feat in any field of international cooperation. His insights into the nature of this major event will undoubtedly help to meet the global health challenges of the 21st century.”—Julio Frenk, M.D, PhD, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health “The eradication of a disease has long been the holy grail of global health and Bill Foege found it: more than any other person, he was responsible for the eradication of smallpox from the face of the earth. This is a story told by a remarkably humble man, about the extraordinary coalition that he helped to build, and the most impressive global health accomplishment the world has ever seen.”—Mark Rosenberg, author of Real Collaboration: What It Takes for Global Health to Succeed “I am thrilled that Bill Foege, one of the great heroes of the smallpox eradication campaign, has written this important book. It tells a beautiful human story of an incredible public health triumph, and is full of lessons that could be applied to many of the global challenges we face today.”—Helene D. Gayle MD, President and CEO, CARE USA “Bill Foege’s House on Fire is the first-hand account of how a revised strategy to eradicate smallpox was tested, validated, and applied. Without the global adoption of this new surveillance strategy, the final deathblow to this longtime global menace might never have been dealt.”—Adetokunbo O. Lucas, MD, DSc, author of It Was The Best of Times: From Local to Global Health “Smallpox is the most devastating disease the world has known, as it destroyed lives and shaped history over the centuries. House on Fire provides a day-to-day account by my friend Dr. Bill Foege of the battle required to defeat this wily and diabolic virus."--President Jimmy Carter
Cooperative State-Federal Sheep and Cattle Scabies Eradication
Cooperative State-Federal Sheep and Cattle Scabies Eradication - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cooperative State-Federal Sheep and Cattle Scabies Eradication write by United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Veterinary Services. This book was released on 1963. Cooperative State-Federal Sheep and Cattle Scabies Eradication available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Progress Report [on] Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication
Progress Report [on] Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Progress Report [on] Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication write by United States. Agricultural Research Service. This book was released on 1958. Progress Report [on] Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
