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What are the main goals of disease control operations?
Reducing the incidence of disease, the duration of disease, the risk of transmission, the effects of infection, and the financial burden to the community.
What is the difference between disease control and disease elimination?
Disease control permits the disease agent to persist at a tolerable level in the community, while disease elimination interrupts disease transmission.
What is the term used to describe the interruption of disease transmission over large geographic regions?
Regional elimination
What does disease eradication mean?
Eradication means to 'tear out by roots'.
What establishes a state of equilibrium in disease control efforts?
A state of equilibrium becomes established between the disease agent, host, and environment components of the disease process.
What disease is currently the only one that has been globally eradicated?
Smallpox
Which three diseases have been seriously advanced as candidates for global eradication?
Polio, measles, dracunculiasis
What are the main differences between monitoring and surveillance in public health practice?
Monitoring involves routine measurements to detect changes, while surveillance focuses on continuous watch over a specific area or population.
Why did eradication programmes against diseases like malaria, yaws, plague, kala-azar, and yellow fever face disappointment?
Failure to understand that hidden foci of infection and other factors could lead to resurgence.
Explore the various operational activities aimed at reducing the incidence, duration, transmission risk, and effects of infections in disease control. Learn about primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention strategies.
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