Guinea Worm Disease 2025 Update

Guinea Worm Disease 2025 Update. GuineaWorm Disease (Dracunculiasis) WHO Regional Office for Africa Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water, causing a painful blister from which a worm slowly emerges disease and reports to be submitted from all endemic areas on at least a monthly basis; 2 NTDs and milestones: World NTD Day 2023

In 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) certified the country as having eliminated the disease as a public health problem, a significant step toward achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A monthly publication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Carter Center, tracking the eradication of Guinea worm disease

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A monthly publication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Carter Center, tracking the eradication of Guinea worm disease WFP South Sudan Situation Report #331, 31 January 2025 Format Situation Report Source That person is counted as a case only once during the calendar year, i.e

Guinea Worm Disease Could Soon The Second Human Disease To Be Eradicated After Smallpox. Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated drinking water, causing a painful blister from which a worm slowly emerges In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the elimination of guinea worm marks a major achievement in the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases

Jimmy Carter and Guinea worm disease Here's a look back at his decades of work to eradicate it. President Jimmy Carter's goal to eradicate Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide in 2024 That figure aligns with some of the lowest annual totals of human cases ever reported, following 14 cases in 2024 and 13 cases in 2022