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Bookmark or Share- Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) - World Health Organization (WHO)WHO/Liba Taylor. Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on the verge of eradication, with 14 human cases reported in 2023 and 13 in 2022. From the time infection occurs, it takes between 10–14 months for the transmission cycle to complete until a mature worm emerges from the body. The parasite is transmitted mostly when people drink ...
- Three Central African countries commit to global eradication of Guinea ...Significant progress has been made to eradicate Guinea worm in the African region with over 99 % reduction in cases from 843 640 when the eradication campaign was launched in 1989, to just 14 cases in 2023. Forty-two countries have been certified as having eradicated the disease; five remain to be certified (Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and ...
- ERADICATION OF GUINEA WORM DISEASE - World Health Organization (WHO)infections, Guinea worm disease can be affordably and effectively prevented. Recent economic analysis indicates that Guinea worm eradication remains highly cost-effective, despite steep Long and threadlike, Guinea worms often appear in a person’s legs and feet. Contributions and pledges for Guinea worm eradication by donor type, 1986–2018 FPO
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) – EthiopiaSymptoms of guinea worm disease can include the following: Dizziness, a mild fever, uncomfortable rash, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. While the death rate is low, disability is a common outcome of guinea worm disease: infected people become non-functional for weeks or months.
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) - World Health Organization (WHO)Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on the verge of eradication, with only 28 human cases reported in 2018. From the time infection occurs, it takes between 10–14 months for the transmission cycle to complete until a mature worm emerges from the body. The parasite is transmitted exclusively ...
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