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Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis, January 2005-May 2007.
[dracunculiasis]
The
World
Health
Assembly
first
adopted
a
resolution
calling
for
the
eradication
of
dracunculiasis
(
Guinea
worm
disease
)
in
1986
,
when
an
estimated
3
.
5
million
cases
were
reported
in
20
countries
,
and
120
million
persons
were
at
risk
for
the
disease
.
This
report
describes
the
continued
progress
of
the
dracunculiasis
eradication
program
worldwide
during
July
2005
-
May
2007
.
As
of
May
2007
,
dracunculiasis
was
still
endemic
in
nine
of
the
20
countries
cited
in
1986
;
in
2006
,
approximately
98
%
of
dracunculiasis
cases
worldwide
were
reported
from
Ghana
and
Sudan
,
and
five
other
countries
reported
fewer
than
30
cases
each
.
The
number
of
dracunculiasis
cases
increased
from
10
,
674
in
2005
to
25
,
217
cases
in
2006
,
with
nearly
all
of
the
increase
reported
in
Sudan
,
before
decreasing
from
9
,
510
during
January
-
May
2006
to
4
,
460
cases
during
January
-
May
2007
.
Continued
intensification
of
interventions
against
transmission
of
dracunculiasis
will
be
necessary
to
eradicate
dracunculiasis
in
the
nine
countries
where
the
disease
remains
endemic
.
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