Disease eradication in the 21st century : implications for global health / / edited by Stephen L. Cochi and Walter R. Dowdle ; program advisory committee, R. Bruce Alyward ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Strungmann Forum reports
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Cochi, Stephen L.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Alyward, R. Bruce.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Strungmann Forum reports.
• Physical Description: xi, 319 p. :; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

Table of Contents

The eradication of infectious diseases : understanding the lessons and advancing experience / Stephen L. Cochi and Walter R. Dowdle -- Lessons from the late stages of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative / R. Bruce Aylward -- Measles and rubella eradication in the Americas : seasoned strategies for sustained success / Jon Kim Andrus ... [et al.] -- Onchocerciasis : from control to possible eradication / Adrian Hopkins -- Political and social determinants of disease eradication / Robert G. Hall -- The role of research / Julie Jacobson -- Group report : assessing the feasibility of an eradication initiative / Peter Strebel ... [et al.] -- The ethical case for eradication / Claudia I. Emerson -- Economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of disease elimination and eradication initiatives / Kimberly M. Thompson and Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens -- Group report : developing an eradication investment case / Kimberly M. Thompson ... [et al.] -- Guidelines for preparing an eradication investment case / Damian G. Walker and Regina Rabinovich -- Governance models for eradication initiatives / Kari Stoever -- Managing neglected tropical disease partnerships / Andy Wright -- Group report: elements of good governance in disease eradication initiatives / Kari Stoever ... [et al.] -- Integration of eradication initiatives and health systems / Alan R. Hinman -- How can elimination and eradication initiatives best contribute to health system strengthening? / Stewart Tyson and Robin Biellik -- The impacts of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems in six countries / Piya Hanvoravongchai ... [et al.] -- Disease eradication as a springboard for broader public health communication / Jeffrey Bates ... [et al.] -- Group report : designing elimination or eradication initiatives that interface -- Effectively with health systems / Muhammad Ali Pate ... [et al.].