Eradication and Elimination Programs Currently Sanctioned by The World Health Organization
Eradication
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease): 1988 AFRO, 1991 WHA44.5, 2004 WHA 57.9. Target: 1995; revised to 2009
- Poliomyelitis: 1988 WHA41.28. Target: 2000; 2006 WHA59.1.; 2008 WHA61.1
Elimination
- Neonatal tetanus: Original target: 1995.1989 WHA42.32 (environmental)
- Leprosy: 1991 WHA44.9. Target: reduce cases to <1 per 10,000 population by 2000 (quantitative)
- Onchocerciasis (West Africa OCP): 1973 Agreement. Target: eliminate onchocerciasis "as a public health problem" in OCP area by 2002 (qualitative)
- Onchocerciasis (Americas): 1991 PAHO CD35.R14, 1998 PAHO CD48.R12. Target: eliminate morbidity from onchocerciasis and interrupt parasite transmission by 2012 (qualitative geographic).
- Trachoma: 1998 WHA51.11. Target: "global elimination of blinding trachoma" (informally: by 2020; "GET 2020") (symptomatic)
- Lymphatic filariasis: 1997 WHA50.29. Target: eliminate globally "as a public health problem" (informally: by 2020) [cites International Task Force for Disease Eradication]
