PAHO seeks to end
more than 30
communicable diseases
and related conditions by 2030
In 2019, Pan American Health Organization Member States approved the Disease Elimination Initiative: A Policy for an Integrated Sustainable Approach to Communicable Diseases in the Americas committing to eliminating more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions by 2030.
Communicable diseases and related conditions candidates for elimination by 2030
Elimination
Bacterial meningitis epidemics
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 HIV, mother-to-child-transmission
HIV/AIDS
Human rabies transmitted by dogs
Leprosy
Lymphatic Filariasis
Malaria
Onchocerciasis
Plague
Schistosomiasis
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis
Trachoma
Tuberculosis
Elimination of Environmental Determinants of Health
Open defecation
Polluting biomass cooking fuels
Maintain Elimination
Congenital Rubella
Measles
Neonatal tetanus
Poliomyelitis
Rubella
Yellow Fever Epidemics
Eradication
Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Disease Elimination
It is the principal advisory group to PAHO on topics related to communicable disease elimination and eradication for the Region of the Americas. It has the mandate to advise the PAHO Director on strategic policies and actions including optimal pathways of coordination.
