Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region

Introduction: A historic paradigm shift in communicable diseases in South-East Asia: from control to elimination.- Thailand: Elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission.- Yaws: freeing young children in India from an old scourge.- Maldives: a long battle to banish malaria.- Unburdening the poor: elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Maldives.- Sri Lanka: long battle to eliminate malaria.- Lymphatic filariasis elimination in Sri Lanka: overcoming the odds.- Elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Thailand: a model for best practices.- Trachoma elimination in Nepal: bringing light, preventing darkness.- South-East Asia Region marches ahead on elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis: Sri Lanka becomes the third country in the SE Asia Region to be validated.- Leveraging health system gains towards eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis: How Maldives became the second country in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this feat.- Leprosy: accelerating towards a leprosy-free world.

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infectious diseases in South East Asia;lymphatic filariasis;communicable diseases;neonatal tetanus;elimination of Yaws;elimination of Malaria;polio-free regions;UN Sustainable Development Goals;Open Access