Eradication of yaws: surveillance, monitoring and evaluation: a manual for yaws eradication programme managers
Overview
Yaws mainly affects children living in poor communities in 15 countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) African, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. The disease is targeted for eradication by 2030.
This manual provides guidance for countries on how to implement surveillance activities, and monitor and evaluate the achievements towards the interruption of yaws transmission. It is intended for use by programme managers of national yaws eradication programmes, partners involved in the implementation of yaws eradication activities and WHO technical staff who provide technical support to countries in the eradication of yaws.
Eradication of yaws: surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.
A manual for yaws eradication programme managers
should be used together with Eradication of yaws: a guide
for programme managers, Eradication of yaws: procedures
for verification and certification of interruption of transmission
and Summary report of a consultation on the eradication of
yaws.
