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ADDRESS TO THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY ON GUINEA WORM ERADICATION BY JIMMY CARTER

Wednesday, 21st of May 2014 Print
With sufficient effort in four countries, South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia and Mali, dracunculiasis could be wiped out globally in 2014. To date, 2014 has seen only ten reported cases. For the  2013 global surveillance summary on guinea worm, consult  http://www.childsurvival.net/?content=com_articles&artid=3020

Details of guinea worm and the Carter Center activities in its eradication are at http://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html. The remarks of Jimmy Carter to the W.H.A. are at

 http://blog.cartercenter.org/2014/05/21/watch-president-carters-remarks-to-the-67th-world-health-assembly/

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