WHO's work on Yaws eradication involves:
- strategy development to guide countries in planning and implementing Yaws eradication activities; in recent years, WHO has published the following guidance documents and training materials:
- Eradication of Yaws: surveillance, monitoring and evaluation. A manual for Yaws eradication programme managers
- Eradication of Yaws: a guide for programme managers
- Eradication of Yaws: procedures for verification and certification of interruption of transmission
- Training material to help health workers and community volunteers to identify the disease;
- supporting endemic countries to implement Yaws eradication strategy including WHO-secured donation of 153 million tablets of azithromycin.
- standardized tools to guide data collection, reporting and monitoring.
- strengthening collaboration and coordination among partners and stakeholders ;
advocacy and partnerships
Promoting the integrated approach: WHO recommends integrating Yaws eradication activities with NTD programmes and Skin NTDs (active surveillance). In this regard, WHO published a strategic framework for integrated control and management of skin-related neglected tropical diseases.