Journal article
Go big and go fast — vaccine refusal and disease eradication
Disease eradication is an attractive public health goal. In addition to eliminating illnesses and deaths, eradication can lead to substantial cost savings. Eradication has been attempted for many human and animal diseases, such as smallpox, malaria, hookworm disease, polio, rinderpest, yaws, dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease), and yellow fever, and many tools have been employed in these efforts. But in the two diseases that were successfully eradicated, smallpox and rinderpest, the main tool was a vaccine. Eradication strategies for polio (a major current focus of global eradication efforts) and measles (whose eradication is being considered) rely on high vaccination coverage through routine and supplementary immunization.
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2013
Journal
N Engl J Med
Volume
368
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Service delivery
Diseases
- Polio
Countries
- India
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
Organisations
- Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE)
- WHO
Tags
- Anti-vax
- Vaccine hesitancy
WHO Regions
- African Region
- Eastern Mediterranean Region
- South-East Asia Region