@article{96000,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, Health(social science)},
  author = {Hopkins DR and Ijaz K and Weiss A and Roy SL and Ross D},
  title = {Reply to: Rethinking disease eradication: putting countries first},
  abstract = {In a recent article, Gebre1 suggests that endemic countries should lead in deciding on disease eradication initiatives and asserts that ‘elimination as a public health problem’ is the preferred option because eradication occurs at the expense of other health programs and weakens fragile health systems. The author's primary example is dracunculiasis (Guinea worm) eradication, but he fails to take into account that vertical disease elimination and eradication programs also strengthen health systems overall. Eradication means permanent reduction to an incidence of zero of a...},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {International Health},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {1876-3413, 1876-3405},
  doi = {10.1093/inthealth/ihab055},
  language = {eng},
}