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International Task Force for Disease Eradication - Program Reports

11 October 2007
Summary of the Eleventh Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II)[PDF]
The eleventh meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on Oct. 11, 2007.  The Task Force reviewed the problems of Buruli ulcer and yaws and discussed a brief update on the status of cooperative efforts to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

11 January 2007
Summary of the Tenth Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II)
The tenth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on Jan. 11, 2007.  The Task Force reviewed the status of evidence pertaining to the potential eradicability of onchocerciasis (river blindness)  five years after the Conference on the Eradication of Onchocerciasis met at The Carter Center in January 2002.


12 May 2006
English: 
Summary of the Ninth Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication  II  (revised)

French: 
Récapitulatif de la neuvième réunion de l'Equipe spéciale internationale pour l'éradication des maladies (II) (révisé)(révisé)

Spanish: 
Resumen de la novena reunión del ITFDE (II) (revisado)
The ninth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on May 12, 2006. The Task Force reviewed the status of malaria control in three countries of the Americas. 

 

4 Oct 2005
Summary of the Eighth Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication II
The eighth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on October 4, 2005. The Task Force reviewed the use of bed nets for malaria control.

19 Jan 2005
Summary of the Seventh Meeting of the ITFDE (II)
The seventh meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on January 19, 2005. The Task Force reviewed the prospects for control of trachoma, under the global initiative to "eliminate" blinding trachoma.

24 Mar 2004
Summary of the Sixth Meeting of the ITFDE (II)
The summary of the sixth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (PDF), March 2003. The eradicability of visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) and hookworm disease was assessed at this meeting.

16 Oct 2003
Summary of the Fifth Meeting of the ITFDE (II)
This fifth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center on Oct. 14, 2003. The Task Force reviewed the status and strategies of the Dracunculiasis Eradication Program and discussed potential ways to strengthen broader disease control, eradication and primary health services.

16 Apr 2003
Summary of the Fourth Meeting of the ITFDE(II)
This fourth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication was convened at The Carter Center on April 16, 2003. The Task Force reviewed the status of efforts to control meningococcal meningitis (cerebro-spinal meningitis) and to eliminate taeniasis/cysticercosis (pdf format).

18 Oct 2002
Summary of the Third Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II)ITFDE Report: Summary of the third meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (PDF). The Task Force reviewed the status of global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, as well as the control of African trypanosomiasis.

25 Jan 2002
Summary of the Second Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II) ITFDE Report: Summary of the second meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II), Jan. 25, 2002 (PDF). This meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication was devoted exclusively to the issue of measles (rubeola) and its potential eradicability.

22 Jan 2002
Final Report of the Conference on the Eradicability of Onchocerciasis
Final Report of the Conference on the Eradicability of Onchocerciasis, Jan. 22-24, 2002, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, and The Carter Center (pdf format).   

18 Jun 2001
Summary of the First Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II) ITFDE Report: Summary of the first meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II), June 18, 2001 (PDF format). During this meeting, the Task Force reviewed the criteria that were developed by the predecessor ITFDE for assessing eradicability of diseases, as well as the definitions of Eradication, Control, and Elimination that were used by the previous ITFDE, and by recent international meetings on disease eradication that were convened in Berlin (1997) and Atlanta (1998). The four diseases that were considered at this meeting were onchocerciasis (river blindness) in the Americas, leprosy (Hansen's disease), schistosomiasis, and Chagas' disease.

1 Dec 1993
Recommendations of the International Task Force For Disease Eradication (I), December 1993
ITFDE Report: Recommendations of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (I), December 1993 (PDF format). This report summarizes the conclusions of the(ITFDE), a group of scientists who were convened by a secretariat at The Carter Center of Emory University six times during 1989–1992. The purpose of the ITFDE was to establish criteria and apply them systematically to evaluate the potential eradicability of other diseases in the aftermath of the Smallpox Eradication Program. The ITFDE defined eradication as "reduction of the worldwide incidence of a disease to zero as a result of deliberate efforts, obviating the necessity for further control measures."