Diseases that are Eradicated or Eradicable

Can you name the diseases that have been eradicated? Also, name the diseases for which eradication efforts are underway and a projected year of eradication has been aimed for.

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Eradication	Infections/Year	Deaths/Year	Reduction	Eradication (Aim)	Cause	Disease
Eradicated	0	0	100%	1977	Virus	Smallpox
Eradicated	0	0	100%	2011	Virus	Rinderpest
Underway	113	0	99.99%	(2019)	Virus	Polio
Underway	30	not deadly	99.99%	(2020)	Parasite	Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm)
Underway	59,000	not deadly	unknown	(2020)	Bacterium	Yaws
Underway	13,340	13,289	72.88%	(2030)	Virus	Rabies
Possible?	213,000,000	720,000	27.39%	(2040)	Parasite	Malaria

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