Infectious Disease Eradication

1 Unit · Undergraduate

Despite efforts across several diseases spanning decades and billions of dollars, global health actors have only been able to eradicate one infectious human disease: smallpox. Why? This course attempts to answer this question by examining failed and continuing disease eradication efforts through a multidisciplinary lens. Case studies include smallpox, malaria, polio, guinea worm, measles, and emerging infectious diseases.