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Guinea worm on track to become first parasitic disease to be fully eradicated
09 Apr 2025 10:11 GMT
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Enugu and Carter Centre Strengthen Partnership to Eliminate Infectious Diseases
07 Apr 2025 15:58 GMT
… began with the fight against Guinea worm disease and river blindness, and has … Enugu residents. He recalled how Guinea worm disease was completely eradicated, with cases … 66 million treatments for various diseases—including river blindness, lymphatic …
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Calls to combat spread of Guinea Worm disease in Lafon County
25 Mar 2025 10:23 GMT
… tackle the spread of Guinea Worm disease in the region.
The … by the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication program (SSGWEP) … efforts in fighting the Guinea Worm.
“We must celebrate … National Committee for Documentation of dracunculiasis South Sudan said: “ …
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Angola Develops A Strategic Plan To Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
19 Mar 2025 11:47 GMT
… a comprehensive strategy to eradicate Guinea worm disease (GWD). This initiative, which involves … National Strategic Plan for eradicating dracunculiasis. 'This guiding document, the …
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Guinea Worm Eradication: Celebrating A Humanitarian Legacy
24 Mar 2025 20:54 GMT
… families from the spread of Guinea worm disease.
© UNICEF/UNI399788… Americans are unfamiliar, but Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease, is debilitating and … -supported interventions to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Ethiopia, including community …
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Communities mobilize to end Guinea-worm disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
31 Jan 2025 06:58 GMT
… and control of Guinea-worm disease also known as dracunculiasis. In his fifties … and across the country, Guinea-worm disease control is integrated into broader … (maggot), depending on the community, guinea worm disease mainly affects rural populations using …
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Georgia Today: Kemp tackles tort reform; Guinea worm disease work continues; Warnock on RFK Jr.
31 Jan 2025 01:26 GMT
… ;s mission to eradicate Guinea worm disease remains on track, and … Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, … ;s goal to eradicate Guinea worm disease remains on track. The … Guinea worm eradication program. Carter's commitment to disease …
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Jimmy Carter's legacy: The eradication of guinea worm disease
10 Jan 2025 19:17 GMT
… areas since ancient times: guinea worm disease (GWD) or Dracunculiasis (dra-kun-que-LY … , Training and Eradication of the guinea worm.”
The Carter Center was established … .
The Guinea Worm Eradication Program is wiping out this ancient disease mainly through …
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South Sudan reports six Guinea Worm cases after near eradication
08 Feb 2025 15:41 GMT
… he said.
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic disease transmitted through contaminated … Jimmy Carter dedicated to fighting Guinea Worm, South Sudan has been … engaging communities using “Guinea Worm Warriors,” a network of …
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"Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease A Top Mission"
07 Jan 2025 01:22 GMT
… searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink … blisters.
Carter made eradicating Guinea worm a top mission of … toward eliminating a human disease for only the second … Carter kept asking for Guinea worm updates."
Russ Bynum …