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Which diseases can be eradicated and when it can be done is a topic of an ongoing discussion. These diseases are considered eradicable diseases because they satisfy the criteria for disease eradication discussed below in this entry. 4 These diseases are - polio, Guinea worm disease, lymphatic filariasis, cysticercosis, measles, mumps and rubella.
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The table here shows the two diseases which the world has eradicated and the seven diseases that ITFDE has listed as potentially eradicable.
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ITFDE was formed in 1988 at the The Carter Center it is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and advises bodies such as the World Health Organisation on various aspects of disease eradication. In this entry we are primarily guided by the list of eradicable diseases provided by The International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE). How many other diseases could we eradicate? So far, the world has eradicated two diseases - smallpox and rinderpest.