The debate around issues of eradication and elimination will continue. However, although the challenges are well-defined, the spectrum of these challenges, given they will play out over the long duration of programmes, will need continuous responses by the many stakeholders who have invested in them. The complexities of eradication and elimination and the public health policy issues generated require a deep understanding of the many dimensions that confront decision makers. As programmes evolve and complexities increase, the dynamic of changing biological, ecological and political scenarios over long periods of time demand an inbuilt flexibility and capacity to respond. The necessary response to these inevitable challenges requires vision, finance and commitment by the stakeholders of these programmes.
BT - International health C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311753?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1093/inthealth/ihv050 IS - 5 J2 - Int Health LA - eng N2 -The debate around issues of eradication and elimination will continue. However, although the challenges are well-defined, the spectrum of these challenges, given they will play out over the long duration of programmes, will need continuous responses by the many stakeholders who have invested in them. The complexities of eradication and elimination and the public health policy issues generated require a deep understanding of the many dimensions that confront decision makers. As programmes evolve and complexities increase, the dynamic of changing biological, ecological and political scenarios over long periods of time demand an inbuilt flexibility and capacity to respond. The necessary response to these inevitable challenges requires vision, finance and commitment by the stakeholders of these programmes.
PY - 2015 SP - 299 EP - 301 T2 - International health TI - Eradication and elimination: facing the challenges, tempering expectations. UR - http://inthealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/7/5/299.full.pdf+html VL - 7 SN - 1876-3405 ER -