To announce the eradication of dracunculiasis in 2030, the requirement will be no more transmission of the parasite for at least 4 years prior anywhere in the world — not only zero human cases ...

In 1986, 20 countries reported 3.5 million cases of Dracunculiasis. In 2014, only four countries reported 126 cases of Guinea worm disease worldwide. The count for 2015 is currently 15 cases, ...

Modern cases of dracunculiasis are called by a simpler name, guinea worm disease. This change in names is due to an early modern observation of the disease in humans living along the Guinea Coast ...

Since 2003, all indigenous cases of dracunculiasis in Sudan have been reported from Southern Sudan. The Southern Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) reported 2,733 cases of dracunculiasis ...

Dracunculiasis, also referred to as Guinea worm disease, ... This has had a remarkable impact with a 98% reduction in reported cases between 1986 and 2000.

The Carter Center said Wednesday there were just 14 cases in 2021, down from 3.5 million in 1986 when the eradication campaign began.

There were only about 1,000 cases recorded worldwide in 2011, and 542 cases in 2012. If 2013 follows the trend, then the prevalence of the disease will reach an all-time low.

Worldwide Dracunculus medinensis incidence hit an all-time low of fewer than 3,200 cases in 2009, and just 766 cases were reported from January to June 2010, ...

The CDC's latest report in the MMWR reveals significant progress in the global fight against guinea worm disease, with human cases dropping to 13 in 2022 and only three in the first half of 2023.

Since the World Health Assembly called for dracunculiasis elimination in 1986, incidence of the disease declined to 542 reported cases in 2012, according to the CDC. This represents a decrease of ...

Thanks to the two-decade campaign against guinea worm disease, the global incidence has fallen from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to 25,217 in 2006. 1 A slight increase in the reported ...