Guinea Worm Disease 2025 Update. Guinea Worm Disease Map That figure aligns with some of the lowest annual totals of human cases ever reported, following 14 cases in 2024 and 13 cases in 2022 Latest News: Carter Center Reports 14 Human Guinea Worm Cases in 2024
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disease and reports to be submitted from all endemic areas on at least a monthly basis; 2 NTDs and milestones: World NTD Day 2023 Traditional removal of a Guinea worm consists of winding the worm around a piece of gauze or small stick and manually extracting it — a slow, painful process that often takes weeks.
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President Jimmy Carter's goal to eradicate Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide in 2024 This approach should focus on improving disease surveillance in animals, identifying the sources of infection, understanding the disease burden among animal populations, and determining key transmission risk factors between animals and from animals to humans. 3 Three Central African countries commit to global eradication of Guinea-worm disease
(PDF) Guinea Worm Disease. There is no known curative medicine or vaccine to prevent Guinea worm disease — the same treatment for emerging worms has been used for thousands of years This approach should focus on improving disease surveillance in animals, identifying the sources of infection, understanding the disease burden among animal populations, and determining key transmission risk factors between animals and from animals to humans.
Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication, January 2023June 2024. That figure aligns with some of the lowest annual totals of human cases ever reported, following 14 cases in 2024 and 13 cases in 2022 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the elimination of guinea worm marks a major achievement in the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases