Carter Center hails new record-low for Guinea worm cases, bringing disease 'closer than ever to eradication'

Adam Weiss, director of the Cater Center's Guinea Worm Eradication Program spoke to 11Alive about what's next in the battle ...

World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center

There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced ...

Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025

A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...
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Guinea Worm Eradication: Celebrating A Humanitarian Legacy

In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy Carter. In June 2023, Mariam, a Sudanese refugee from the ...
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Jimmy Carter's legacy includes near-eradication of a debilitating parasitic disease

ATLANTA -- In 2015, millions of people around the world tuned in to hear President Jimmy Carter announce that his cancer -- metastatic melanoma -- had spread to his brain, but he didn't focus solely ...
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A new documentary about a dastardly worm and a heroic effort by Jimmy Carter

The villain of this new documentary is a worm — but not just any worm. "We have known monsters, all kinds of monsters," Waleed Eltayeb declares. "Then there's the dragon, this fiery serpent, this ...