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The other 'neglected' eradication programme: achieving the final mile for Guinea worm disease eradication?
[dracunculiasis]
Guinea
worm
disease
is
one
of
two
diseases
targeted
for
eradication
,
the
other
being
polio
.
Since
the
late
1980
s
,
the
number
of
new
cases
per
year
has
been
reduced
from
approximately
one
million
to
some
25
000
in
2006
.
However
,
there
was
an
increase
from
2005
owing
to
improved
surveillance
in
Sudan
and
problems
in
Ghana
.
The
International
Commission
argues
that
more
resources
are
required
to
ensure
that
the
goal
of
eradication
is
completed
.
Elimination
of
transmission
throughout
Asia
has
now
been
confirmed
and
the
disease
is
now
confined
to
a
small
number
of
African
countries
requiring
increased
efforts
to
achieve
the
global
goal
.
