Yaws: towards the WHO eradication target.In 2012 WHO declared a target to eradicate yaws by 2020.  Alongside this there has been progress in the development and validation of diagnostic tests for yaws.  Several new challenges have also emerged, in particular, evidence that Haemophilus ducreyi can cause phenotypically similar ulcers in yaws endemic communities, and evidence for a possible non-human primate reservoir. 
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Yaws: towards the WHO eradication target.In 2012 WHO declared a target to eradicate yaws by 2020. 
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The cornerstone of this strategy is community mass treatment with azithromycin. 
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