However, it was in eradicating the
Guinea Worm that the interests of the two presidents merged.
Continued transmission of
Guinea worm infections to a small number of dogs and cats in Ethiopia and Mali and baboons in Ethiopia appears to be geographically limited in each country (i.e., to a section of Ethiopia's Gog district and adjacent districts of Mali's Mopti and Segou regions).
In March 2018, Carter Center announced it stopped the
Guinea worm in South Sudan and expressed hope that soon it would be entirely eliminated from the face of the earth.
"The continued threat of importation of
Guinea Worm cases from South Sudan and Ethiopia and the need to ensure that our surveillance is robust enough to detect and contain cases promptly, whenever and wherever they may occur, remains a priority on our healthcare agenda, she said.
Such heterogeneity in individuals' degree of susceptibility to infection has a strong impact on the transmission and control of
Guinea worm disease.
No recurrence of dracunculiasis to an extent corroborates the proclaimed eradication by
Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) from Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
The Carter Center will not give up until the last
Guinea worm is gone."
o Wipe out
Guinea worm, which is transmitted through dirty water containing water fleas
According to the Carter Center, in 2016, just three countries Chad, Ethiopia and South Sudan--reported a total of 25 cases of
Guinea worm disease.