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Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges.
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The
International
Commission
for
the
Certification
of
Dracunculiasis
Eradication
(
ICCDE
)
met
in
December
to
review
progress
towards
eradication
.
The
status
of
the
programme
was
presented
by
WHO
and
The
Carter
Center
,
Atlanta
.
The
Commission
received
reports
from
international
certification
teams
that
Cote
d
'
Ivoire
,
Niger
and
Nigeria
were
free
of
transmission
and
should
be
certified
,
while
four
countries
,
namely
Chad
,
Ethiopia
,
Mali
and
South
Sudan
,
remained
endemic
.
The
Commission
certified
that
Somalia
and
South
Africa
were
free
of
transmission
.
During
2013
,
there
was
a
decline
of
about
78
%
in
the
numbers
of
cases
reported
in
South
Sudan
.
A
report
of
the
perplexing
dracunculiasis
epidemiology
in
Chad
was
also
discussed
,
where
dogs
have
been
found
to
be
infected
with
Dracunculus
medinensis
.
