Concepts of Disease Control
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Concepts of Disease Control

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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?

<p>Eradication means to 'tear out by roots'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What establishes a state of equilibrium in disease control efforts?

<p>A state of equilibrium becomes established between the disease agent, host, and environment components of the disease process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What disease is currently the only one that has been globally eradicated?

<p>Smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which three diseases have been seriously advanced as candidates for global eradication?

<p>Polio, measles, dracunculiasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the main differences between monitoring and surveillance in public health practice?

<p>Monitoring involves routine measurements to detect changes, while surveillance focuses on continuous watch over a specific area or population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did eradication programmes against diseases like malaria, yaws, plague, kala-azar, and yellow fever face disappointment?

<p>Failure to understand that hidden foci of infection and other factors could lead to resurgence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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