TY - BOOK AU - Stepan, Nancy. TI - Eradication: ridding the world of diseases forever? SN - 9781861898616 U1 - 616.9045STE PY - 2011/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Soper, Fred Lowe, 1893-1977 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-299) and index N2 - How shall we improve human health? One answer is: by eradication. The Gates Foundation announced in 2007 that their goal is malaria eradication; another of their priorities is polio eradication. Eradication means the complete elimination of a disease through deliberate human intervention. It stands for an absolute in public health ER -