New results point out the need to modify the current strategy for yaws eradication

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) An international collaboration led by ISGlobal provides new evidence that will help improve the current WHO strategy to eradicate yaws. It concludes that eradication will require more than a single round of mass drug treatment in order to capture those absent during the first round; that a bigger geographical area needs to be targeted in order to prevent imported cases; and that drug resistance monitoring is needed to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains.

Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 7, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news