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 ...

ATLANTA — The campaign to eradicate a human disease for only the second ... Scientifically known by the name dracunculiasis, Guinea worm is a parasitic infection usually contracted through ...

Guinea worm disease (GWD), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is a neglected tropical disease that has plagued communities in Africa for centuries. However, significant progress has ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Others have re-emerged due to poverty and failures in public health. Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is a parasitic infection transmitted by the ingestion of larvae in contaminated water.

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Carter Center reports that the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

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 ...

particularly his efforts to eliminate dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, in Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali, and South Sudan. He was a powerful force in shining a light on this group of ...

Onchocerciasis is the second neglected tropical disease eliminated in Niger: the country was certified free of dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) transmission in 2013. AllAfrica publishes around ...