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Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, is an infection by the Guinea worm that causes severe pain and open wounds when guinea worms exit the body through the skin. [1] In 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases of Guinea worm in 20 endemic nations in Asia and Africa. [ 2 ]
The declaration aims to create the "world's largest public-private partnership" [1] to reduce the number of infection by 90% and eliminate at least one NTD in 100 countries by 2030, as stated in the WHO road map. [7] Specific eradication targets are Guinea worm disease and yaws that were almost eradicated under the London Declaration project. [2]
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis.A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean).
Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center. Global ...
The World Health Organization’s goal is to eradicate Guinea worm disease by 2030.For that to happen, global cases have to remain at zero for three consecutive years. This year’s preliminary ...
“I would still like to think we will beat the timeline,” Weiss said of the 2030 eradication goal. “The Carter Center is committed to this, obviously, no matter what.” ___ This story has been updated to show there were 14 human Guinea worm cases reported across four African nations in 2023, according to The Carter Center. —-
Unlike diseases such as smallpox and polio, there is no vaccine or drug therapy for guinea worm. [44] Eradication efforts have been based on making drinking water supplies safer (e.g. by provision of borehole wells, or through treating the water with larvicide), on containment of infection and on education for safe drinking water practices.
Carter had set up the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, when about 3.5 million people across rural Africa and Asia were afflicted by the excruciating parasite that has plagued humans ...