What's Next for Disease Eradication?

摘要: Two days after the 30th anniversary of eradication smallpox, 30 scientists and public health experts from around world gathered for a weeklong meeting in German city Frankfurt am Main to try chart new path disease 21st century. Their was triggered by several developments. Interest tackling global problems has surged past decade, as funding, but two ongoing campaigns—against guinea worm polio—have proven far more difficult than predicted. Meanwhile, key rationale efforts—the promised financial windfall stopping all control measures once is gone—all disappeared result 9/11 2001 anthrax letters. Wealthy countries particular are determined never let their guard down against diseases like polio, or measles. developing have own questions: Why should they keep spending inordinate amounts time money on such polio—now fewer 2000 cases year—while systems struggling with devastating AIDS TB?