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 #292. | | Synopsis of Recent Developments | CHAD: ANIMAL CASES DOWN 35%
Chad reported 5 confirmed Guinea worm cases in humans (2 contained, 40%) and 449 animal infections (66% contained; 389 dogs, 58 cats, 2 other) in January-August 2022. This is a reduction of 17% from the 6 human cases, and 35% from the 696 animal infections reported in the same period of 2021.
Full Report » | CAMEROON: 24 INFECTED DOGS IN THE EXTREME NORTH
Rumors of Guinea worm infections beginning in January 2022 were reported to The Carter Center in April. Worm specimens were shipped to CDC in June and confirmed as D. medinensis in July. After Cameroon’s minister of health requested The Carter Center’s technical assistance, GWEP Associate Director Karmen Unterwegner and Program Associate Mindze Nkanga visited Cameroon August 2-15, 2022, to support strengthening surveillance and interventions for preventing Guinea worm transmission.
Full Report » | SOUTH SUDAN: ONE HUMAN CASE
South Sudan’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program (SGWEP) has discovered one confirmed case of Guinea worm disease in an 18-year-old man from Adeba village in Lopa/Lafon County of Eastern Equatoria State whose worm emerged on July 27, 2022.
Full Report » | ETHIOPIA: TWO INFECTED BABOONS
The Ethiopia Dracunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP) has reported confirmed Guinea worm infections (D. medinensis) in two adult baboons that were trapped and killed on August 11 and August 16, 2022, respectively, by a 16-year-old boy and his father who were guarding their maize crop in Gutok village of Abobo district, Gambella Region.
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