Current situation: global eradication campaign
23 May 2012 | Geneva -- The number of reported cases of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) has continued to drop, reaching a new low of 1058 cases between 1 January and 31 December 2011.This progressive decline indicates that the disease is on the verge of eradication.
South Sudan alone reported 1028 cases in 2011, or 97% of the global total. Other countries reporting cases in 2011 were Chad (10 cases), Ethiopia (8 cases, including 2 imported cases from South Sudan) and Mali (12 cases).
All cases were reported from a total of 483 villages, where there is limited or no access to safe drinking-water. Of the 1058 cases in 2011, 74% were reportedly contained, compared with a 75% containment rate from a global total of 1797 cases in 2010.
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Cases reported in 2011
1058The 2011 total of 1058 cases reported from 1 January to 31 December 2011
Dracunculiasis eradication – global surveillance summary, 2011Countries already certified
192countries and territories certified free of transmission
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