Summary of the 34th Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, Sept. 19-20, 2022 (ITFDE)

The 34th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened virtually and in person at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on Sept. 19-20, 2022, to discuss the “World Health Organization’s (WHO) New Guidelines on Control and Elimination of Human Schistosomiasis.” The ITFDE previously discussed schistosomiasis in 2001 and 2012, concluding that the disease was not yet eradicable with the available tools, but acknowledged that control of schistosomiasis was possible and could be improved.