Countries where guinea worm disease is endemic
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World Health Organization; Dracunculiasis Eradication Portal, World Health Organization
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The current and historical values for the status of Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) as certified by the WHO. To be certified as free of guinea worm disease, a country must have reported zero indigenous cases through active surveillance for at least three consecutive years. Data regarding certification status is available at the WHO: https://web.archive.org/web/20211024081702/https://apps.who.int/dracunculiasis/dradata/html/report_Countries_t0.html We have added the recent changes to Guinea worm disease certification: - Angola has had endemic statuss since 2020: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-09-2020-eradicating-dracunculiasis-human-cases-and-animal-infections-decline-as-angola-becomes-endemic - Kenya was certified guinea worm free in 2018: https://www.who.int/news/item/21-03-2018-dracunculiasis-eradication-south-sudan-claims-interruption-of-transmission-in-humans - DRC was certified guinea worm free in 2022: https://www.who.int/news/item/15-12-2022-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-certified-free-of-dracunculiasis-transmission-by-who
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World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Countries where guinea worm disease is endemic – WHO” [dataset]. World Health Organization, “Certification status of dracunculiasis eradication” [original data]. Retrieved December 15, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/progress-towards-guinea-worm-disease-eradication