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| 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 #284. |
| Synopsis of Recent Developments |
FEWEST HUMAN CASES EVER!
After reducing Guinea worm infections by 51% and 20% in humans and animals respectively in 2020, endemic countries reduced human cases and animal infections by another 48% and 45% in 2021. This sustained progress brought Guinea worm in humans (14) to the lowest level since the eradication program began and reduced the number of known animal infections (885) to the second-lowest level reported since Chad, the most endemic country, extended active surveillance to all endemic areas in 2016.
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ETHIOPIA
The Ethiopia Dracunculiasis Eradication Program has reported four confirmed Guinea worm infections in 2021, compared to 26 Guinea worm infections in 2020, a reduction of 85%. It identified the presumed sources of all four infections and contained three of them.
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SOUTH SUDAN
The South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program reported four human Guinea worm cases and zero infected animals in 2021, compared to one human case in 2020. Two of the four cases were contained, but the presumed sources of infection were unable to be identified.
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MALI
The Mali Guinea Worm Eradication Program reported Guinea worm infections in two humans, 16 dogs, and one cat in 2021, compared to one human and nine dogs in 2020.
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CHAD
Chad’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program has provisionally reported seven confirmed human cases (71% contained) in seven villages, 790 infected dogs (82% contained) in 326 villages, and 65 infected cats (76% contained) in 53 villages in 2021, compared to 12 humans, 1,508 dogs, and 63 cats in 436 villages in 2020.
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ANGOLA
The country continues to strengthen community-based surveillance and has benefited from a WHO technical support mission led by two international consultants, one each from Mali and Niger. This mission was mainly focused on vector control, specifically mapping out and treating of water sources in endemic localities, and building capacity of health professionals and community health workers on temephos (Abate®) management and application.
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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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