Eradication Quotes

We are out of the eradication mode. There is too much canker. We're in suppression mode, and most of that is going to be done by the grove owner or homeowner. - Jay Clark

Those are suppression activities. Those are not eradication. - Craig Meyers

This is not feral hog eradication. We will be using legal means to reduce the population so we can reduce damage. - Billy Higginbotham

This campaign is extremely important, both for Iraq and the global eradication effort. After tremendous efforts, Iraq was declared a polio-free country, with zero cases reported in 2001. The re-emergence of even a single polio case will take Iraq back to the pre-2001 situation, which would imply that millions of dollars more would have to be invested. - Roger Wright

There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster. - Bruce Aylward

There is a lot of disappointment that we were unsuccessful with the eradication program... as a state. - Casey Pace

There are no shortcuts. The idea that you are going to deter farmers from growing more coca ? which is the goal of eradication ? has not worked. - John Walsh

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough. - Bill Gates

The polio-eradication initiative has shown the world that even in the poorest countries, widespread and debilitating disease can be defeated. - Patty Stonesifer