Guinea Worm Disease Nears Eradication with Only 10 Cases Reported Worldwide in 2025
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Summary
The article reports that Guinea worm disease is nearing global eradication with only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, according to the Carter Center. This represents a dramatic reduction from 3.5 million cases when the eradication program began in 1986. If successful, Guinea worm would become only the second human disease to be eradicated after smallpox. The article explains that Guinea worm is a parasitic nematode transmitted through water containing infected copepods.
Key quotes
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If health workers can fully wipe out the worms, it will be only the second human disease to be eradicated, after smallpox.
When the eradication program began in 1986, there were a 3.5 million cases.
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