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News Articles: Guinea Worm

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.

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  • Global Health

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien and
  • Sam Whitehead
Several Guinea worms under a microscope

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  • Health

Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes near eradication of this disease

When The Carter Center assumed leadership of the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, about 3.5 million human cases occurred annually in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Now, there are roughly 13 human cases.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Fulton County deputy district attorney Fani Willis gestures as she makes her closing arguments during a trial for Martin Blackwell in Atlanta, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. Blackwell is accused of pouring hot water on two gay men as they slept.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Special grand jury's findings remain sealed; Dems call to overturn abortion ban

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says criminal charges are "imminent" in her investigation into the 2020 election, but her final report will stay sealed while she pursues charges. Although they don't have the votes, state Democrats filed bills to overturn Georgia's abortion ban.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Children in the town of Terekeka, South Sudan, draw water, Oct. 4, 2017, from a stagnant pond that was once infected with Guinea worm when the town was endemic. The Carter Center said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2022.

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Guinea worm eradication effort enters 'most difficult' phase

The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year. After decades of progress, the eradication program's director cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease will be "the most difficult."

January 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaking to an audience at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Wednesday January 11, 2017.

Jimmy Carter Close To Guinea Worm Eradication

Former President Jimmy Carter says that Guinea worm may soon be the second human disease eradicated in modern history.

January 17, 2017
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  • Robert Jimison

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