
09/03/2025
💪🏽 Countries are eliminating diseases all over the world!
🏆 In the last five years alone, 44 disease eliminations have been confirmed by WHO. For example, 45 countries have already eliminated malaria thanks to all the tools that are available.
We are hopeful that we will eliminate another 32 diseases in the next decade.
🤔 So what does it take to eliminate a disease? And what needs to happen before WHO can confirm that a disease has been eliminated?
When we say “elimination” we mean eliminating a disease as a public health problem in a region or a country.
Here’s what’s needed for this to happen:
🔹 Strong political commitment
🔹 WHO’s technical assistance and guidance
🔹 Disease surveillance
🔹 One health approach
🔹 Community engagement
🔹 NGO involvement
🔹 Voices of people with lived experience
🔹 Access to public health tools and interventions
You can also play a role in disease elimination. Here’s how:
🌏 Have a global thinking and behavior
🙋🏽♀️ Ask government for a global commitment
💬 Share messages and teach others
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Did you know that diseases are being eliminated by countries all over the world. In the last five years alone, 44 eliminations have been confirmed by WHO. What does it take to eliminate a disease? What needs to happen before WHO can certify an elimination? Once eliminated, can these diseases come ba...