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| Good, as The Carter Center counts down to the end of Guinea worm disease, we are pleased to bring you the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guinea Worm Wrap-Up #271. |
| Synopsis of Recent Developments |
CHAD REPORTING FEWER CASES
Chad has reported a provisional total of 1,269 infected dogs and 55 cats in January-August 2020, compared to 1,687 infected dogs and 36 infected cats in January-August 2019, for a year-to-date change of 25% fewer dogs and 53% more cats. A total of 87% of the animal infections were contained. Chad also reported 11 human cases during the same period of 2020 representing a 76% reduction in human cases.
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ETHIOPIA
The Ethiopia Dracunculiasis Eradication Program has reported nine confirmed and one suspected human cases of Guinea worm disease, eight confirmed cat infections, three confirmed dog infections, and four confirmed baboon infections so far in 2020.
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MALI
Mali has reported one human case of Guinea worm disease and four infected dogs in January-August 2020, compared to zero human cases and eight infected dogs in January-August 2019.
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SOUTH SUDAN
In early September, the World Health Organization received a report of a suspected case of Guinea worm disease in a 27-year-old man from South Sudan who arrived in the El Radom/Alradoum South Sudanese refugee camp in South Darfur State of Sudan on April 26 of this year. The refugee camp is one of many on the international border between Western Bahr Al Ghazal State of South Sudan and South Darfur State of Sudan. There has been a large influx of refugees since the beginning of this year due to food insecurity and conflict in the region. The man’s first worm emerged in the camp in June, but COVID-19 restrictions and flooding impeded the proper investigation and early notification of the suspected case.
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ANGOLA
The Carter Center and WHO have been working with Angolan health authorities to initiate community-based surveillance in and around the areas in Namacunde, Cuvelai, and Cuanhama municipalities of Cunene Province where four Guinea worm infections (three human cases and one dog infection) have been reported in 2018-2020.
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COVID-19 AND GUINEA WORM ERADICATION
All national Guinea Worm Eradication Programs (GWEP) are fully operational, with precautions taken to ensure the safety of program staff and community members in response to COVID-19 (physical distancing, hygienic measures, face covering), as required by the respective Ministries of Health. Internationally, the pandemic caused the annual GWEP Program Managers Meeting and the meeting of Guinea worm researchers hosted by The Carter Center to be conducted remotely this year. The annual meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication has been rescheduled and will also be held remotely, and the Informal Meeting of Ministers of Health of endemic and formerly endemic countries normally held during the World Health Assembly was canceled. Laboratory and field research projects have been slowed, and shipping of worm specimens has also been delayed. Due to travel restrictions, programs have not received regular in-person supervisory visits from Carter Center headquarters since March 2020.
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