dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis Cases At All-Time Low, Though Eradication Still Faces Challenges

According to an update from GWEP, human cases of dracunculiasis—Guinea worm disease—fell to all-time ...

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Global Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease Nears, Despite Complications

Animal cases have added a wrinkle to the efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis.

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Guinea Worm Disease Appears Close to Eradication

Only 22 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2015, a reduction of 83% from 2014.

JANUARY 20, 2016

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