ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2015
Eradicating successfully yaws from India: The strategy & global lessons.
Article in The Indian journal of medical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Absence of human yaws and detection of Haemophilus ducreyi in skin ulcers of school children near wildlife protected areas in Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Unlocking the blueprint to eliminating neglected tropical diseases: A review of efforts in 50 countries that have eliminated at least 1 NTD.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Review
- Dietary variability and micronutrient status of individuals with Yaws infection in Ghana: A case-control study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Finishing the task of eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in WHO South-East Asia Region: promises kept, challenges, and the way forward.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
- Rethinking disease eradication: putting countries first.International health · 2021Article
- Health of tribal populations in India: How long can we afford to neglect?The Indian journal of medical research · 2019Article
- Widespread Treponema pallidum Infection in Nonhuman Primates, Tanzania.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Understanding poor man's diseases in contemporary perspective.The Indian journal of medical research · 2015Article
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Abstract
Yaws, a non-venereal treponematosis, affecting primarily the tribal populations, has been considered historically as one of the most neglected tropical diseases in the world. In 1996, India piloted an initiative to eradicate yaws based on a strategy consisting of active case finding through house-to-house search and treatment of cases and their contacts with long acting penicillin. Thereafter, the campaign implemented in all 51 endemic districts in 10 states of the country led to the achievement of a yaws-free status in 2004. In the post-elimination phase, surveillance activities accompanied by serological surveys were continued in the erstwhile endemic districts. These surveys carried out among children between the age of 1-5 yr, further confirmed the absence of community transmission in the country. The experience of India demonstrates that yaws can be eradicated in all endemic countries of Africa and Asia, provided that political commitment can be mobilized and community level activities sustained until the goal is achieved.
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