Carter had set up the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, when about 3.5 million people across rural Africa and Asia were afflicted by the excruciating parasite that has plagued humans for thousands of years.
is on the cusp of reaching his goal: The number of reported human cases dwindled in 2022 to 13 — an all-time low.
FILE - In this March 9, 2007, file photo, a Guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. — means “affliction with little dragons.
“Her right breast, which was about more than a foot long … had a Guinea worm emerging from the nipple,” CarterThe Carter Center worked with the Ministry of Health to bring every known intervention to the village, said Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, who led the center’s efforts to eradicate the disease from 1987 to 2015. Nearly a year and a half later, Carter went back to Denchira to find the parasite almost gone.
Carter first considered the possibility of eradicating Guinea worm when he was in the White House. As smallpox was on the verge of being eliminated in 1977, Carter asked Bourne if there was any other disease that could have the same impact. “I told him: You could eradicate Guinea worm in your lifetime,” Bourne said. “It’s something that would have global impact, and you don’t have to worry about doing it just for a U.S. audience.”
The disease was eradicated in 17 countries, including Pakistan, Kenya, India, Yemen, Senegal and Cameroon.
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