Guinea Worm -- Chad
In 2017, there were only 20 villages with cases of Guinea worm disease in 2 countries, both in Africa, compared to 23 735 villages in 21 countries on 2 continents in 1991.
From January through December 2017, there were 30 indigenous Guinea worm cases reported provisionally in isolated areas of Chad and Ethiopia, the Carter Center announced Friday [19 Jan 2018].
The provisional reports for 2017 totaled 15 cases in Chad and 15 cases in Ethiopia, the only remaining countries reporting
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5574371&promed&0
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