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.
  | | 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 #275. | | Synopsis of Recent Developments | CHAD: 82% FEWER DOG INFECTIONS IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2021
Chad has reported 44 dogs, zero confirmed humans, and zero cats with Guinea worm infections in January-February 2021, compared to 261 dogs, three humans, and five cats in the same period of 2020.
Full Report » | ETHIOPIA REPORTS A HUMAN CASE
The Ethiopia Dracunculiasis Eradication Program has reported a provisional case of Guinea worm disease in a 13-year-old boy who lives in Wadmaro village of Gog Dipach sub-district in Gog district. He is the brother of the first human case of 2020 from Duli Farm and lives with the aunt of the second and the sister of the third human cases of 2020.
Full Report » | INDOMITABLE GUINEA WORM WARRIOR
We are deeply saddened to report the passing of The Honorable World Laureate Dr. Tebebe Yemane Berhan in Addis Ababa on February 20, 2021.
Full Report » | MALI REPORTS A CONFIRMED DOG INFECTION
Mali’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program has reported an infection in a three-year-old locally-born guard dog that was discovered with an open wound on its left front leg on January 13, 2021. The dog was tethered on January 14 when controlled immersion caused the worm to emerge.
Full Report » | SOUTH SUDAN HOLDS ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW
The South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program (SSGWEP) held its 15th Annual Review Meeting at the Palm Africa Hotel in Juba on January 28, 2021. SSGWEP Director Mr. Makoy Samuel Yibi and his colleagues presented results showing the SSGWEP’s progression from 10 confirmed cases in 2018, to four cases in 2019, and only one case, which was contained, in 2020.
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