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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 #286. |
| Synopsis of Recent Developments |
VIDEO: IT’S JUST 15!
Guinea worm disease is poised to become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated. The Carter Center and partners are down to JUST 15 cases in our mission to #DefeatGuineaWorm. Check out a powerful video documenting the long journey toward eradication.
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HISTORIC ABU DHABI GUINEA WORM SUMMIT MARKS PROGRESS, PARTNERSHIP
Ministers and representatives from Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan joined other health experts and political leaders in a Guinea Worm Summit to celebrate progress, discuss the latest status of the Guinea worm eradication campaign, and renew commitment for the “last mile” of Guinea worm eradication. Held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on March 20-22, the Summit highlighted the more than thirty-year-old partnership between the United Arab Emirates and The Carter Center in support of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program.
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CHAD REDUCES DOG INFECTIONS BY 60%
Chad has provisionally reported 51 infected dogs in January-March 2022 compared to 127 infected dogs in the same months of 2021. Chad also reported two confirmed human cases of Guinea worm in February 2022.
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INTERNATIONAL GUINEA WORM REVIEW MEETS VIRTUALLY
About 110 persons participated in the 25th International Review Meeting of Guinea Worm Eradication Program Managers organized by The Carter Center in cooperation with the World Health Organization that met virtually on March 9-11, 2022.
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RESEARCH REVIEW MEETING
Carter Center Associate Director for Research Dr. Fernando Torres-Velez, DVM, PhD, convened a virtual Research Review Meeting with over 70 participants on March 16, 2022. Topics presented and discussed at the meeting included baboon surveillance in Ethiopia, miRNA biomarkers, simulation modeling of transmission dynamics, studies of Flubendazole for treating infections in dogs in Chad, Guinea worm genomics, copepod ecology, and remote sensing of surface water bodies.
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| The Carter Center has been fighting Guinea worm disease since 1986 with a global coalition of partners, including the Ministries of Health of endemic countries, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others. |
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