When in 1988 former US President Jimmy Carter toured Denchira and Elevanyo, two villages near Accra, Ghana, he noticed a young woman who appeared to be cradling a baby. Carter approached her for a ...
It was long believed that the Dracunculus medinensis parasite, which causes guinea worm disease in humans, has a fairly simple life cycle: A person drinks water contaminated with copepods, or water ...
In a recent report published in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers summarise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) progress toward globally ...
ATLANTA — The campaign to eradicate a human disease for only the second time is nearing success, the Carter Center reported on Wednesday. Former President Jimmy Carter's efforts through the Carter ...
In a concerted effort led by the Ministry of Health and supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Angola has outlined a comprehensive strategy to eradicate Guinea worm disease (GWD). This ...
Worldwide Dracunculus medinensis incidence hit an all-time low of fewer than 3,200 cases in 2009, and just 766 cases were reported from January to June 2010, according to a CDC report published this ...
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A parasitic disease affecting mammals, medieval serfs deemed what we now know as dracunculiasis as an invasion of tiny dragons — dragons that eventually burrowed out of the skin. Multiple ancient ...
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