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Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2009-June 2010.
[dracunculiasis]
In
1986
,
the
World
Health
Assembly
(
WHA
)
called
for
the
elimination
of
dracunculiasis
(
Guinea
worm
disease
)
,
a
parasitic
infection
in
humans
caused
by
Dracunculus
medinensis
.
At
the
time
,
an
estimated
3
.
5
million
cases
were
occurring
annually
in
20
countries
in
Africa
and
Asia
,
and
120
million
persons
were
at
risk
for
the
disease
.
Because
of
slow
mobilization
in
countries
with
endemic
disease
,
the
1991
WHA
goal
to
eradicate
dracunculiasis
globally
by
1995
was
not
achieved
.
In
2004
,
WHA
established
a
new
target
date
of
2009
for
global
eradication
;
despite
considerable
progress
,
that
target
date
also
was
not
met
.
This
report
updates
both
published
and
previously
unpublished
data
and
updates
progress
toward
global
eradication
of
dracunculiasis
since
January
2009
.
At
the
end
of
December
2009
,
dracunculiasis
remained
endemic
in
four
countries
(
Ethiopia
,
Ghana
,
Mali
,
and
Sudan
)
.
The
number
of
indigenous
cases
of
dracunculiasis
worldwide
had
decreased
31
%
,
from
4
,
613
in
2008
to
3
,
185
in
2009
.
Of
the
766
cases
that
occurred
during
January
--
June
2010
,
a
total
of
745
(
97
%
)
were
reported
from
380
villages
in
Sudan
.
Ghana
,
Ethiopia
,
and
Mali
each
are
close
to
interrupting
transmission
,
as
indicated
by
the
small
and
declining
number
of
cases
.
The
current
target
is
to
complete
eradication
in
all
four
countries
as
quickly
as
possible
.
Insecurity
(
e
.
g
.
,
sporadic
violence
or
civil
unrest
)
in
areas
of
Sudan
and
Mali
where
dracunculiasis
is
endemic
poses
the
greatest
threat
to
the
success
of
the
global
dracunculiasis
eradication
program
.
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