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News, Reviews, and Articles on Dracunculiasis
African ministers move to check environmental health hazards Sep 1, 2008
These result in malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, dracunculiasis, helminthiasis, schizosomiasis, asthma, bronchitis and heart diseases that are taking their toll on millions of people living in the region. " WHO's Director for Department of Public Health and Environment, Dr. Maria Neira, said: "The Libreville Declaration is a milestone for Africa. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Worm disease set for eradication Mar 29, 2007
The World Health Organisation said Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, now only affects around 25,000 people in nine countries. In the early 1980s an estimated 3 million people were infected in over 20 countries. (BBC News -- Africa)
WHO program cuts blight of guinea worm Mar 28, 2007
Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Djibouti, Tanzania, Zambia, Gabon, Swaziland, Mozambique, Cameroon, Algeria and the Central African Republic have stamped out the disease, also known as dracunculiasis, which spreads in contaminated water ... The Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication, a WHO-created body of scientific experts, has declared 180 countries as guinea worm-free since 1995 and aims to wipe out the disease by 2009. (Globe and Mail)
Guinea worm nears eradication Mar 28, 2007
Accra, March 27, GNA - Efforts to eradicate guinea worm, a neglected tropical disease that has afflicted people since ancient times, has moved a step closer towards realisation with 12 more countries being declared guinea worm free in early March by the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) Eradication ... The statement said in the early 1980s, an estimated three million people in more than 20 countries were affected by Dracunculiasis, more... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Final struggle against the guinea worm Mar 17, 2007
A 20-year fight to eradicate guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is in the last and most difficult stages. It could be the first parasitic disease wiped out worldwide and only the second disease ever to be eliminated; the first was smallpox in 1979. (MSNBC -- Health)
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