Guinea worm eradication effort enters 'most difficult' phase
The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.
Jan 25, 2023
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The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.
Jan 25, 2023
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South Sudan got its first batch of a new malaria vaccine on Friday from the U.N. health agency, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the biggest killer of children in this African country.
May 31, 2024
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Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago.
Oct 26, 2022
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The number of people battling acute hunger and suffering from malnutrition is on the rise again. The upheaval set in motion by the COVID-19 pandemic may push even more families and communities into deeper distress.
Apr 29, 2020
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Pathogens don't pay attention to international borders, with transmission and endemic areas often stretching between countries. In the new work, Moses Katabarwa of the Carter Center, USA, and colleagues report in PLOS Neglected ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Mycetoma, a mysterious illness largely unknown in developed nations, has wreaked havoc on the health of farmers, herdsmen, children and others in close contact with the land in tropical and subtropical regions of our planet.
Feb 3, 2015
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In a number of wealthy countries, the number of COVID-19 vaccines ordered vastly exceeds what's needed, while many poorer countries will have to wait—possibly for years—for vaccines to become widely available.
Feb 9, 2021
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Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan's latest outbreak.
Apr 24, 2019
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Just 22 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2015, down from 126 cases during the previous year, officials with The Carter Center said this week.
Jan 8, 2016
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Health workers on Friday celebrated a key step towards eradicating the flesh-burrowing guinea worm after South Sudan, once by far the worst-affected country, recorded a massive drop in infections.
Jan 8, 2016
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