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[Global eradication of dracunculiasis is a reality nowadays].
[dracunculiasis]
Global
efforts
to
eradicate
dracunculiasis
have
continued
to
progress
with
only
542
cases
reported
in
2012
versus
almost
1
million
cases
in
the
1980
s
when
the
initiative
was
launched
.
The
disease
is
still
endemic
,
but
in
only
four
countries
:
South
Sudan
(
541
cases
)
,
Chad
(
10
cases
)
,
Mali
(
4
cases
)
,
and
Ethiopia
(
4
cases
)
.
The
International
Commission
for
the
Certification
of
Dracunculiasis
Eradication
declared
that
180
countries
were
free
of
the
disease
by
2013
.
Dracunculiasis
was
first
eradicated
in
the
former
USSR
in
1931
when
its
last
case
was
registered
due
to
the
successful
implementation
of
a
package
of
appropriate
measures
(
case
detection
and
management
,
vector
control
,
and
health
education
,
including
water
filtration
from
open
water
sources
and
behavioral
changes
)
.
These
approaches
were
actively
taken
into
account
when
developing
the
global
strategy
for
dracunculiasis
.
The
World
Health
Organization
has
set
a
goal
to
eradicate
the
disease
by
2015
.
However
,
despite
the
fact
that
the
global
situation
looks
very
optimistic
,
the
time
for
completing
the
program
will
be
most
likely
postponed
due
to
a
few
operational
challenges
remaining
in
the
still
endemic
countries
,
in
South
Sudan
in
particular
.
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symptom
dracunculiasis
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