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- Title
RECONSIDERING ERADICATION TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE BURDEN.
- Authors
Liu, Ian T.; Darrow, Jonathan J.
- Abstract
The infectious disease burden is distributed unevenly worldwide, disproportionately affecting people in low-income countries. For certain diseases, eradication offers an equitable and cost-effective means of lowering disease burdens and benefits all parties involved--decreasing the human cost of illness while saving high-income countries the financial costs of indefinite disease control programs. This Article argues that the prospect of disease eradication, which offers a permanent solution to the issue of infectious disease control, should be reconsidered by policymakers and the public health establishment at large. Specifically, the Article argues for the creation of disease-specific, voluntary, multinational treaties dedicated to the eradication of diseases for which effective interventions already exist.
- Subjects
DISEASE eradication; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; BURDEN of care; PUBLIC health laws; LOW-income countries
- Publication
Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 3, p279
- ISSN
2769-013X
- Publication type
Article