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Focusing On Disease Eradication Rather Than Control 'Can Pay Off'
"Work on malaria suggests that focusing on the science and technology required to eliminate a disease, rather than just control it, can pay off -- and that such approaches could be applied to other diseases," SciDev.Net Editor David Dickson writes in a SciDev.Net editorial, adding that "programs can place greater emphasis on research into transmission pathways, not just the treatment of patients," and "can also increase pressure to generate epidemiological data to demonstrate the effectiveness of elimination campaigns and compare control strategies."
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