Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 1 - Disease Control and Eradication Programs/28/en

Eradication programs are generally time-limited and aim to eliminate the disease within a relatively short or manageable period. Once disease is eliminated there is assumed to be no ongoing cost associated with eradication but there may be substantive ongoing costs associated with surveillance programs to prevent, detect and respond effectively to any future incursion of the disease into the area where it has been eradicated.