The place of leprosy in the control–elimination–eradica-tion spectrum Editor – I would like to expand on Lockwood & Suneetha's reflections on the leprosy elimination campaign (1), and in particular their statement that " leprosy is perhaps more appropriately classed as a chronic stable disease rather than as an acute infectious disease responsive to elimination strategies " , by using the contr...

Nowadays, heart disease is the major cause of deaths globally. According to a survey conducted by World Health Organization, almost 18 million people die diseases (or cardiovascular diseases) every day. So, there should be system for early detection and prevention disease. Detection mostly depends on huge pathological clinical data that quite complex. researchers other medical professionals are...

since it was first diagnosed in 1914 in marrakesh, schistosomiasis has been a public health problem in morocco for decades. a national control program launched in 1982 has led to a considerable reduction in the incidence and morbidity associated with the disease. consequently, the program has shifted from disease control to an elimination process launched in 1994. this process aimed to eliminat...

background: the ob­jective of this study was to find an appropriate approach to asymptomatic malaria in elimination setting through a systematic review. methods: a broad search was conducted to find articles with the words ‘malaria’ in their titles and ‘asymptomatic’ or ‘submicroscopic’ in their texts, irrespective of the type of study conducted. the cochrane, medline/pubmed, and scopus databas...

Abstract This article explains how making a disease notifiable by law is core component of robust and well‐functioning health system. Mechanisms to rapidly detect report existing or emerging infectious diseases in timely manner are key control elimination. Using malaria Asia‐Pacific as case point, we explore different policy considerations involved disease. These include the timing legislative ...

Bangladesh has made significant progress towards elimination of visceral leishmaniasis, and is on track to achieve its target of less than one case per 10,000 inhabitants in each subdistrict in 2017. As the incidence of disease falls, it is likely that the political capital and financial resources dedicated towards the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis may decrease, raising the prospect of ...