PAHO seeks to end more than 30 diseases and conditions by 2030.
Highlights
How the Initiative Works
The Disease Elimination Initiative is a major strategic and political opportunity for governments, civil societies, academia, the private sector and communities to eliminate more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions in the Americas by 2030.
Elimination
AIDS
Cervical Cancer
Chagas Disease
Cholera
Congenital Chagas
Congenital Syphilis
Cystic Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis
Fascioliasis
Hepatitis B and C
Hepatitis B, mother-to-child-transmission
HIV, mother-to-child-transmission
Leishmaniasis visceral
Leprosy
Lymphatic Filariasis
Malaria
Onchocerciasis
Plague
Schistosomiasis
Sexually Transmitted Infections (syphilis, gonorrhoeae, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis)
Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis
Trachoma
Tuberculosis
Yellow Fever Epidemics
Elimination* of Environmental Determinants of Health
Open defecation
Polluting biomass cooking fuels
Maintain Elimination
Congenital Rubella
Measles
Neonatal tetanus
Poliomyelitis
Human rabies transmitted by dogs
Rubella
Eradication
Foot-and-mouth disease in domestic bovids
Yaws
*There are different target dates between now and 2030 used by PAHO/WHO for each candidate disease or condition, however in general terms we are using the SDG target date of 2030.
Recent Certifications and Validations
Videos
Malaria Champions in the Americas: 13 Years building malaria-free communities
Malaria Elimination in Belize
Documentary Story: The Caribbean, ensuring a Generation free of HIV and Syphilis
Eliminating Infectious Diseases 2030
News
4 Nov 2022
