CONCERNING THE PROBLEM OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE ERADICATION

The eradication of an infectious disease is the final step in the successful struggle with that disease. Scientific and practical operations for isolating those diseases which on the level of the modern achievements of science and organizational possibilities can be designated as accessible for eradication are discussed. Such operations should be carried out with sufficient competence and discretion and obtain the support and approval of the qualified scientific community. In all other cases, when the true eradication of an infectious disease under modern conditions is unrealistic, it is possible to set up any other attainable goal which can be accurately formulated, for example, barring of lethal outcomes, or reduction of incidence to a specific incidence or by a specific number of times.