Disease Eradication

What does disease eradication mean?

• The complete removal of disease from the world forever

• The complete removal of disease from the world

• The temporary removal of disease from Earth

• The complete removal of disease from a place

What does disease elimination mean?

• The complete removal of a disease within a specific geographic area

• The temporary removal of a disease within a specific geographic area

• The complete removal of a disease from the world forever

• The disease will never come back to that place

Which of these diseases has/have been eradicated?

• Polio

• Guinea Worm

• Smallpox

• Malaria

What does a successful eradication attempt require?

• Easily diagnosable symptoms

• No (or very small) animal reservoir of the disease

• Easy to use technology / vaccine

• Huge amounts of funding, political will and public support

Where in the world does wild Polio virus still exist today?

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

• Nigeria

• Somalia

What are the main challenges facing the Polio eradication programme?

• Lack of public support in affected regions

• Conflict

• Security of polio health workers

• Lack of polio vaccine

Why do eradication programmes fail?

• Lack of funding and political will

• Increasing pathogenic resistance to medicines / vaccines

• Undiscovered animal reservoirs (e.g. dogs and Guinea Worm)

• Inflexible planning

When was Smallpox eradicated?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1950s

• 2000s

It is possible to eradicate non-communicable diseases

• True

• False

What diseases have had failed global eradication campaigns?

• Yaws

• Malaria

• Smallpox

• Polio