The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, ... Jan 27, 2023 0. 4. Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes. Global ...

Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, ...

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a parasitic infection transmitted by the ingestion of larvae in contaminated water. Dog feces are common vectors for infection.

Former President Jimmy Carter has worked to help eradicate guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, since the '80s. "President Carter never stopped changing lives for the better." ...

Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis — Worldwide, January 2022–June 2023.Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock. What is guinea worm disease?

The Latin name of Guinea worm disease — Dracunculiasis — means “affliction with little dragons.” ... But there was a problem: Guinea worm disease did not exist in the United States.

This report highlights the remarkable progress made in the global eradication of dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease; from over 3 million cases per year in the 1980s to just 25 in 2016.

In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy Carter.

In 1986, when the center took over the global effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease — also called dracunculiasis — around 3.5 million cases were reported annually in 21 countries in Africa ...

Guinea worm disease, also called dracunculiasis, is the work of the Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis), whose infamy dates back to biblical times, when it was called the “fiery serpent” and ...

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