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Coverage dated January 24, 2023

Guinea worm eradication effort enters 'most difficult' phase

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The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.

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  1. MedicalXpress

    Guinea worm eradication effort enters 'most difficult' phase (opens MedicalXpress)

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    The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.

  2. The Guardian

    Guinea worm disease could be second ever human illness to be eradicated (opens The Guardian)

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    As cases fall, the condition that once affected millions of people in Africa and Asia could also be the first to be wiped out without medicines

  3. Fox News

    Efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease enters ‘most difficult’ phase after 2022 reports only 13 human cases (opens Fox News)

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    Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported last year. Global eradication efforts are about to enter its most difficult phase, according to officials

  4. Al Jazeera

    Effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease enters ‘last mile’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The final years of the eradication effort, led by the US’s Carter Center, will be the ‘most difficult’, expert says.

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