How Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Campaign Achieved the Impossible

Recently, Carter Center staff and leadership, including Sarah Yerian and Emily Staub, participated in a Harvard panel and screening of The President and the Dragon, a documentary about the Carter Center’s Guinea worm warriors and fieldwork. This Harvard Chan School article highlights the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease and directly credits The Carter Center as the driving force behind the global eradication campaign. It explains that the disease’s dramatic decline, from 3.5 million cases in 1986 to just 10 in 2025, is the result of a decades‑long effort led by Carter, his team at the Center, and international partners.

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