Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated – how was this progress achieved?

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Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated – how was this progress achieved?

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Public Health · 1 year ago

In the late 1980s, there were near a million new cases of guinea worm disease recorded worldwide. In 2021, there were only 15. How was this achieved?

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