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Guinea Worm 101

Join Dr. Donald Hopkins, Carter Center vice president for health programs, on the ground in Southern Sudan for a quick lesson on the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Learn the cause and treatment for Guinea worm disease, and the public health strategy that has reduced cases from 3.5 million when the effort began in 1986 to fewer than 1,100* cases in four African countries in 2011.  *Provisional

 

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