Dracunculiasis

Certification

International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication


In May 1995, WHO’s Director-General established an International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication to verify and confirm information from countries claiming the absence of indigenous dracunculiasis transmission.

The Commission has met eight times since its establishment in 1995. As of 1 January 2012, the Commission has certified 192 countries and territories, including 180 WHO Member States, as free of dracunculiasis transmission. These certified countries were endemic at the start of eradication programme include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, India, Mauritania, Pakistan, Senegal, Togo, Uganda and Yemen.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

22 Dec. 09 | Geneva
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified seven more countries as being free of guinea-worm disease (dracunculiasis).

Eradicating Guinea–worm disease booklet

Newsletter — "Action Against Worms"

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