Eradication of yaws – A guide for programme managers

Yaws mainly affects children living in poor communities in 14 countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) African, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. The disease is targeted for eradication by 2020.

This document provides guidance for countries on how to implement activities to achieve the interruption of yaws transmission. It is intended for use by national yaws eradication programmes, partners involved in the implementation of yaws eradication activities and WHO technical staff who provide technical support to countries in the eradication of yaws.

Eradication of yaws: a guide for programme managers should be used together with Eradication of yaws: procedures for verification and certification of interruption of transmission and Summary report of a consultation on the eradication of yaws, 5–7 March 2012, Morges, Switzerland.