Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges

Abdul R. Al-awadi; Abdulhakim Al-kuhlani; Joel G. Breman; Ogobara Doumbo; Mark L. Eberhard; Robert T. Guiguemde; Pascal Magnussen; David Molyneux; Abolhassan Nadim

doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru039

Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges

Abdul R. Al-awadi, Abdulhakim Al-kuhlani, Joel G. Breman, Ogobara Doumbo, Mark L. Eberhard, Robert T. Guiguemde, Pascal Magnussen, David Molyneux, Abolhassan Nadim

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The International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE) met in December to review progress towards eradication. The status of the programme was presented by WHO and The Carter Center, Atlanta. The Commission received reports from international certification teams that Cote d'Ivoire, Niger and Nigeria were free of transmission and should be certified, while four countries, namely Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and South Sudan, remained endemic. The Commission certified that Somalia and South Africa were free of transmission. During 2013, there was a decline of about 78% in the numbers of cases reported in South Sudan. A report of the perplexing dracunculiasis epidemiology in Chad was also discussed, where dogs have been found to be infected with Dracunculus medinensis.

Original language	English
Article number	tru039
Pages (from-to)	249-251
Number of pages	3
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	108
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru039
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2014

Keywords

Dracunculiasis
Dracunculus medinensis guinea worm
Eradication

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