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Kenya: Cash Reward Offered for Reporting Cases of Guinea Worm Disease
[Nation] The Ministry of Health has offered Sh100,000 reward to anyone who will report a case of Guinea Worm Disease (GWD) in any part of the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 26, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Jimmy Carter Wants To See The Last Guinea Worm Die Before He Does
When former President Jimmy Carter announced Thursday that his cancer had spread to his brain, he also revealed he had some unfinished business he wants to see through. "I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die," the philanthropist said. "I'd like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do." Carter went on to explain that there are currently only 11 cases of dracunculiasis, or guinea worm disease, in the world. That's a precipitous drop from 3.5 million cases across 21 countries in 1986, when he first set out to conquer the disease through his nonprofit organization the Carter Center.&...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

This Species is Close to Extinction and That’s a Good Thing
This article originally appeared on World Science Festival. (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - January 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer So Tags: Uncategorized carter center carter center guinea worm global health Jimmy Carter parasites WHO World World Health Organization Source Type: news

Global Health: At Museum, New Front in Guinea Worm Fight
Former President Jimmy Carter cited a 15-percent drop in cases last year as he helped open an exhibition on diseases at the American Museum of Natural History. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 12, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: American Museum of Natural History Guinea Worm Disease Source Type: news

Global Health: At Museum, New Front in Guinea Worm Fight
Former President Jimmy Carter cited a 15-percent drop in cases last year as he helped open an exhibition on diseases at the American Museum of Natural History. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: American Museum of Natural History Guinea Worm Disease Source Type: news

South Sudan: Carter Center Announces 126 Cases of Guinea Worm Disease Remain Worldwide
[Carter Center]New York -The Carter Center announced today that 126 Guinea worm cases were reported worldwide in 2014. These provisional numbers, reported by ministries of health in the remaining four endemic nations and compiled by the Center, show that cases of the debilitating disease were reduced by 15 percent in 2014 compared to 148 cases in 2013. When the Center began leading the first international campaign to eradicate a parasitic disease in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million Guinea worm cases o (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 12, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2013–June 2014
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 21, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Global Health: A Dog’s Life in Chad: Filling Up on Fish Guts and on Guinea Worms
A surprise has turned up in the fight against Guinea worm: In Chad, more dogs have it than people do — and fish guts are apparently to blame. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - September 29, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Parasites Dogs Guinea Worm Disease Worms Source Type: news

Global Health: A Dog’s Life in Chad: Filling Up on Fish Guts and on Guinea Worms
A surprise has turned up in the fight against Guinea worm: In Chad, more dogs have it than people do — and fish guts are apparently to blame. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Parasites Dogs Guinea Worm Disease Worms Source Type: news

The New Health Care: Lessons From the Low-Tech Defeat of the Guinea Worm
Sometimes medical advances are accomplished not through scientific breakthroughs, but through education and persuasion. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By AARON E. CARROLL Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preventive Medicine Guinea Worm Disease Africa Source Type: news

The New Health Care: Lessons From the Low-Tech Defeat of the Guinea Worm
Sometimes medical advances are accomplished not through scientific breakthroughs, but through education and persuasion. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - August 11, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By AARON E. CARROLL Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preventive Medicine Guinea Worm Disease Africa Source Type: news

Africa: Carter Center Marks Progress in Fight Against Guinea Worm, River Blindness
[VOA]Chicago -Guinea worm disease and river blindness are among 17 tropical diseases the World Health Organization considers neglected. Thanks to the efforts of the Atlanta-based Carter Center - founded by former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn - focused treatment and prevention are leading to the elimination of one, and the extinction of another. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 7, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Guinea Worm Disease
Title: Guinea Worm DiseaseCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 4/6/2010 12:34:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/3/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - April 3, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Kenya: Turkana On Alert for Guinea Worm Disease Amid Rising Insecurity
[Sabahi]Garissa -The ongoing conflict between the warring Turkana and Pokot communities is hampering efforts to monitor a potential Guinea worm disease outbreak in the region, according to Kenyan medical authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 16, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2012–June 2013
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - October 25, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news