However, within the framework of a comprehensive elimination initiative, cholera vaccination can strengthen both other cholera control measures and the national immunization program.
The historical successes described in this review demonstrate that MDA can be used to reduce and, in some circumstances, interrupt transmission of both P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria in specific settings, and should be considered for operational implementation as one component of a comprehensive elimination strategy.
Earlier this year, the Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act, which I authored, became law.
Despite these gaps, MDA has been used successfully to control and eliminate Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria in the past, and should be considered as part of a comprehensive malaria elimination strategy in specific settings.
Researchers across the region are concerned that, without a comprehensive, targeted approach to elimination, the disease could once again take hold in an area already familiar with its life-threatening consequences.
In other words, the mitigation plan must be comprehensive and address source elimination through the closing of coal mines, lifestyle changes that enable the use of ventilated stoves and other means of drying corn and chili peppers, and finally, through health education that reinforces the positive benefits of the new lifestyles.
Officially called the Process of National Reorganization by the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, the Dirty War, as it is more commonly known, was a comprehensive campaign aimed at the elimination of Communists and others seen as "subversives".
Congress expressly intended "to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities" throughout their lives, including in employment, and thus to improve the outcomes of the disabled in the labor market and beyond (42 U.S.C. § 12101(b)(1)).
The FATCA debate should have focused on comprehensive tax reform including the elimination of double taxation for US taxpayers' world-wide-earned income, and presenting the benefits of combating tax evasion, money laundering and the fight against organized crime.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent speech on creating an AIDS-free generation pulls together a comprehensive approach that has the elimination of HIV transmission from a mother to her baby as a central focus.
As a result of this strategy, an elimination diet as comprehensive as possible could be composed for each individual child, thus making the intervention less incriminating for child and parents.
