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The Carter Center leads the international Guinea worm disease eradication campaign, compiles and distributes case numbers, and provides technical and financial support to national programs to interrupt Guinea worm disease transmission and bring cases to zero.
Apr 16, 2024 · When The Carter Center began leading the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases in at least 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Today, that number has been reduced by more than 99.99%.
No medicine cures Guinea worm disease; no vaccine prevents it. Eradication hinges on giving people the knowledge, skills, and resources to change their behavior. (Photo: The Carter Center/ L. Gubb)
2 days ago · “A guinea worm anywhere is a guinea worm everywhere,” Adam Weiss, director of the Carter Center’s Guinea worm eradication program, told USA TODAY. “It has that potential to just keep ...
Feb 27, 2023 · He made eliminating Guinea worm one of the Carter Center’s priorities, along with five other preventable diseases: river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and...
ATLANTA (AP) — 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. A final count will be confirmed in the coming months.
Guinea worm disease inched closer to eradication in 2023. The Carter Center's 2023 report showed a remarkable reduction in Guinea worm cases, bringing the ancient parasitic disease closer to being eradicated. Alix Boisson-Walsh reports.
Jan 26, 2022 · The Carter Center inches closer to ending Guinea Worm disease. In 2021, there were 14 reported human cases in four African countries, the lowest count ever reported.
Jun 14, 2023 · Eliminating Guinea worm has taken longer than expected, and even with so few cases in humans, the target date for full eradication is now 2030. Adam Weiss, director of the Carter Center’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program, says among the challenges are research questions.
Feb 22, 2023 · The Carter Center – whose motto is “wage peace, fight disease, and build hope” – decided it could tackle the Guinea worm challenge without duplicating others’ efforts.
