The phrase "eradication efforts" means the actions taken to completely eliminate or get rid of something, often a problem, disease, or pest. Full definition
We asked the Carter Center's Guinea worm disease expert Kelly Callahan, who has been involved in eradication efforts for 12 years. (scientificamerican.com)
A more hopeful finding comes from eradication efforts by Hansen's team in Oregon. (sciencemag.org)
«Stepan's history of eradication efforts gives you a good sense of how involved the work can get, how many different kinds of approaches have been tried without success, and how much we've learned from our failures,» he writes, though he also warns that, while extremely valuable, it is far from a page turner. (inc.com)