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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 #282. |
| Synopsis of Recent Developments |
CHAD CONTINUES TO REDUCE DOG INFECTIONS AND HUMAN CASES
As of the end of September, Chad had provisionally reported 706 infected dogs (81% contained) so far in 2021, which is a 51% reduction compared to the 1,427 infected dogs reported during the same period of 2020. Chad also reported 56 infected cats (80% contained) in January-September 2021, compared to 63 infected cats in January-September 2020. Chad provisionally reported six laboratory-confirmed human cases in January-September 2021, marking a 45% decrease from the 11 human cases that Chad reported in the same period of 2020. Of the six cases, four (67%) were contained.
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MALI: DOG INFECTIONS INCREASE
In addition to two confirmed cases of Guinea worm disease in humans, Mali has also reported 12 confirmed and three provisional infections in dogs in January-October 2021.
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ETHIOPIA: SPOTLIGHT ON INFECTED CATS
The Pugnido Refugee Camp in Ethiopia’s western Gambella Region detected one domestic dog with a Guinea worm infection in 2017; five domestic cats and one domestic dog with Guinea worm infections in 2018; no Guinea worm infections in 2019; eight cats and two humans with Guinea worm infections in 2020; and one provisional cat infection so far in 2021. These are the only Guinea worm infections ever detected in domestic cats in Ethiopia.
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ANGOLA
In September, Angola’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program continued to monitor progress and expand community-based surveillance in areas at risk. It conducted supervisory visits to four municipalities, including three endemic (Namacunde, Cuvelai, Cuanhama) and one non-endemic (Ombadja) areas. More than 3,360 community members were sensitized in 17 villages and cloth filters were provided to 403 families.
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ICCDE
The International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication met virtually on October 12, 2021. The meeting heard updates on the status of priority certification preparations for the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has not reported a case of Guinea worm disease since 1958, and Sudan, which reported its last indigenous case in 2013. The commission also heard updates on the status of Guinea worm infections in the five endemic countries, surveillance in Cameroon and the Central African Republic, and related research.
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