An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link. ... Guinea worm cases have since dropped by more than 99.99% to a record low of only 13 reported cases worldwide in 2022, ...

Guinea worm was just one of the targets of Carter's war. Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness , has been eliminated from most of the Americas and dramatically reduced in Africa due to the ...

In 1995, Carter negotiated a four-month “Guinea Worm Cease-Fire” in the Sudanese civil war, the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history at the time, allowing health workers to access almost ...

Carter leaves behind a legacy of tackling diseases affecting the poor in remote areas — notably Guinea worm disease. "He really put Guinea worm and other neglected tropical diseases on the map ...

Guinea worm takes refuge in a dwindling number of remote villages. It spreads when people drink unfiltered water that contains larvae. People don’t develop symptoms of the parasite until about a ...

Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported last year. Global eradication efforts are about to enter its most difficult phase, according to officials Fox News Media ...

Cases of Guinea worm also decreased among animal populations, and countries reported a 26% decline overall from 2023; 885 animal cases were reported in 2023 and 654 were reported in 2024.

The village of 500 people hadn’t seen Guinea worm infections since 2014, until Nyingong Aguek and her two sons drank swampy water while traveling in 2022. A fourth person also got infected.

Guinea worm disease was first detected in dogs in 2012, forcing a shift in strategy. “Infection in dogs and cats in these last countries makes it harder to get there by 2030,” Tappero said.

FILE - Carter Center intern Sarah Ellis Peed helps assemble medical kits to fight Guinea worm disease at a warehouse in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 28, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) JARWENG ...

Guinea worm is awful, so I welcome any news of removing it from the list of diseases that affect people. But alongside hope, a healthy dose of realism is needed: Eradicating any disease is difficult.

On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they've had Guinea worm. A raised hand is a yes.