UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a parasitic disease that is limited to remote, rural villages in 13 sub-Saharan African countries that do not have access to safe drinking water.

To date, the World Health Organization has certified 200 countries free of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis); only six have not been certified. The Carter Center leads the global campaign ...

A parasitic infection caused by the roundworm Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm disease primarily affects poor communities in remote parts of Africa that lack safe drinking water. Jimmy Carter ...

Guinea worm disease, caused by the parasite *Dracunculus medinensis*, is transmitted mainly through the consumption of ...