1.   They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.

2.   British officials on Friday confirmed a case of mad cow disease in an animal born after controls on feed were introduced to eradicate the illness.

3.   Britain has struggled unsuccessfully to eradicate the illness since the disease broke out in British herds a decade ago.

4.   In return, Britain pledged to take steps to eradicate the illness.

5.   He said while medicines to eradicate some illnesses were becoming available, many were too expensive for some countries.

6.   In addition, such advances in medicine have failed to eradicate illness and often create new problems brought on through extended life expectancy.

7.   The WHO said in a statement that it hoped to eradicate the illness by the end of the century.