This report summarizes the status of the Dracunculiasis Eradication Program as of early 2005. Nine of the 20 countries that were endemic for this disease when the program began have already ...

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program in 1986, the disease was endemic in 20 African and Asian countries, with ...

Scientifically known by the name dracunculiasis ... In 1986, when the Carter Center began leading the global eradication effort, there were 3.5 million human cases occurring annually.

Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community ...

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease ... (like chloroquine), mosquito repellents and netting, and mosquito eradication. These preventive efforts—along with improved malaria treatments and ...

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 21, 2005 Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis Eradication of dracunculiasis, a parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis ...

However, significant progress has been made towards its eradication, with the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) leading the charge since the 1980s. As of 2021, the disease has been ...

Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community mobilizer with a strong commitment to the prevention and control of Guinea-worm ...

Among those, I’d like to draw attention to his leadership in the effort to eradicate the frightful parasitic disease dracunculiasis ... efforts needed to control this disease.