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Botany

(73,139 posts)
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 04:17 PM Feb 2023

The Carter Center from 3.5 million cases of Guinea Worm disease in '86 to 13 worldwide last year

Since 1986, The Carter Center has led the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, working closely with ministries of health and local communities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and many others.

Guinea worm disease could become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated. It would be the first parasitic disease to be eradicated and the first disease to be eradicated without the use of a vaccine or medicine.

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In 1986, the disease afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people a year in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Today, thanks to the work of The Carter Center and its partners — including the countries themselves — the incidence of Guinea worm has been reduced by more than 99.99 percent to 13 provisional* cases in 2022.

https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html









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The Carter Center from 3.5 million cases of Guinea Worm disease in '86 to 13 worldwide last year (Original Post) Botany Feb 2023 OP
whow. what a grand thing for Jimmy Carter to be involved in. riversedge Feb 2023 #1
And this is just one small part of Carter's incredible legacy. Beartracks Feb 2023 #2
This is an amazing accomplishment LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #3
Jimmy & Roslyn: What shall we do with our time now? I know, eradicate a horrifying deadly disease! Hekate Feb 2023 #4
When he was on The Late Show, President Carter was asked what he wanted to be remembered for Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #5
And I helped Maeve Feb 2023 #6
That's a nightmare disease, being eliminated with education... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #7

Rhiannon12866

(227,687 posts)
5. When he was on The Late Show, President Carter was asked what he wanted to be remembered for
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 09:00 PM
Feb 2023

And he said it would be for eradicating Guinea Worm.

Maeve

(43,107 posts)
6. And I helped
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 09:04 PM
Feb 2023

You can, too. Do not speak praise of Jimmy.... Carry on his work. The Carter Center, Habitat for Humanity.... Give til it hurts you and helps others.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
7. That's a nightmare disease, being eliminated with education...
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 11:50 PM
Feb 2023
The Guinea Worm Eradication Program is wiping out this ancient disease mainly through community-based interventions to educate and change behavior, such as teaching people to filter all drinking water and preventing transmission by keeping anyone with an emerging worm from entering water sources.

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