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Progress Toward Eradication of Dracunculiasis - Worldwide, January 2022-June 2023
This report updates previous reports and describes progress toward eradicating endemic dracunculiasis in five countries. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 9, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Animal-Related Diseases MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Guinea Worm Disease [Dracunculiasis] Source Type: news

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis
This study shows that remarkable progress has been made in eliminating dracunculiasis, but it remains endemic in five countries, with transmission among dogs complicating efforts.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news

“ I Was Blind, But Now I See ” – Celebrating Malawi’s Progress on World NTD Day
Vainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered with the pain caused by trachoma for 10 years before a local disability mobiliser encouraged her to go to the hospital for treatment. By Lazarus McCarthy ChakweraLILONGWE, Jan 30 2023 (IPS) “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight. Vainesi is one of millions of Malawians...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news

Doctors have nearly eradicated a 'terrifying' disease — without a cure or vaccine
When doctors first started trying to eradicate Guinea worm disease nearly four decades ago, more than 3.5 million people were infected. Last year, that number dropped to 13. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/As It Happens Source Type: news

Africa: Eliminating Neglected Diseases in Africa - There Are Good Reasons for Hope
[The Conversation Africa] Togo had reason to celebrate in 2022 when it became the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases. The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, sleeping sickness in 2020, and trachoma last year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

10 Ways the World Got Better In 2022
Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by alarming events: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, supply chain shortages, and the threat of food insecurity for many nations. But 2022 was also a year of milestones toward a better future, scientific breakthroughs, and stories of hope. Here’s a look at 10 stories of human progress from the last 12 months. 1. We found out that civilization reached peak agricultural land For nearly all of human history, producing more food required more land. But starting in the early 1900s, and continuing through the next 100 years, four powerful forces—syn...
Source: TIME: Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tony Morley Tags: Uncategorized climate change freelance global health Health Care healthscienceclimate Londontime Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Declares DR Congo Free of Guinea-worm Disease Transmission
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is proud to announce that it has certified the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite that causes dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis - Worldwide, January 2021-June 2022
This report describes global progress towards eradicating dracunculiasis. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 23, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news

Sudan: Dracunculiasis Eradication - Strong Cross-Border Collaboration Towards Certification of Sudan in 2023
[WHO] International cross-border coordination meeting to strengthen Guinea worm surveillance and response in areas bordering Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan, 13-14 November 2022, Khartoum, Sudan (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Africa: Nations Pledge to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
[Carter Center] High-ranking representatives of several countries pledged this week to devote all resources needed to interrupt transmission of Guinea worm disease and certify its eradication by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Eight Nations Pledge to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
[New Dawn] The Abu Dhabi Declaration on the Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease was endorsed at Qasr al Watan to reaffirm commitment to ending Guinea worm disease by 2030. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

How COVID Has Affected the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Source Type: news

Africa: Eradication Push Urged As Guinea Worm Cases Fall
[SciDev.Net] The number of human cases of Guinea worm disease halved in 2021 to a record low of 14, putting the goal of global eradication in sight, the US-based Carter Center has announced. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Dogs May Present a New Obstacle Dracunculiasis Eradication Dogs May Present a New Obstacle Dracunculiasis Eradication
The World Health Organization planned to eradicate dracunculiasis, or guinea worm disease, by 2030. But complicating matters is a new study revealing a novel zoonotic pathway of transmission.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Dracunculiasis Nears Eradication, but May Never Reach Finish Line Dracunculiasis Nears Eradication, but May Never Reach Finish Line
In the past 30 years, the annual incidence of guinea worm disease has gone from 3.5 million cases to just two dozen. But will we ever reach zero?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - December 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news