Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease GWD) Research 
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Med Hist. 2023 Apr;67(2):148-171. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2023.18. Epub 2023 Aug 1.ABSTRACTGuinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) is a debilitating waterborne disease. Once widespread, it is now on the brink of eradication. However, the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP), like guinea worm itself, has been under-studied by historians. The GWEP demonstrates an unusual model of eradication, one focused on primary healthcare (PHC), community participation, health education and behavioural change (safe drinking). The PHC movement collided with a waterborne disease, which required rapid but straightforward treatment to prevent tran...
Source: Medical History - August 1, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jonathan David Roberts Source Type: research
Participating in eradication: how Guinea worm redefined eradication, and eradication redefined Guinea worm, 1985-2022
Med Hist. 2023 Apr;67(2):148-171. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2023.18. Epub 2023 Aug 1.ABSTRACTGuinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) is a debilitating waterborne disease. Once widespread, it is now on the brink of eradication. However, the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP), like guinea worm itself, has been under-studied by historians. The GWEP demonstrates an unusual model of eradication, one focused on primary healthcare (PHC), community participation, health education and behavioural change (safe drinking). The PHC movement collided with a waterborne disease, which required rapid but straightforward treatment to prevent tran...
Source: Medical History - August 1, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jonathan David Roberts Source Type: research
Dracunculiasis over the centuries: the history of a parasite unfamiliar to the West
Infez Med. 2023 Jun 1;31(2):257-264. doi: 10.53854/liim-3102-15. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTDracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) is a terrible disease limited, even historically, to the arid and poor areas of our planet and which in the West has always been seen as an exotic disease and therefore has never taken root in the collective imagination. This parasitosis is transmitted to humans by drinking water contaminated with crustacean harboring larvae of Dracunculus medinensis, a nematode. The natural history of the disease is caused by adult worms invading connective tissues and causing blistering, ulceration and edema. Wel...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - June 7, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Omar Simonetti Verena Zerbato Stefano Di Bella Roberto Luzzati Fabio Cavalli Source Type: research
