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Guinea Worm Facts
Campaigning
Prevention
100
Dracunculiasis
What is the scientific name for guinea worm disease?
100
WHO, the CDC, the Carter Center and UNICEF
What are the four main organization involved in the Eradication campaign?
100
Coordination, power of data, high-level advocacy and political leadership
What are the three “keys to success” of the eradication campaign?
200
Arthritis, “locked” joints, tetanus, and permanent crippling
What are the effects of secondary bacterial infections?
200
1986
When did the Carter Campaign start?
200
Pipe and nylon cloth filters
What are some common objects used to help improve the safety of drinking water?
300
Tiny freshwater copepods
What carries the guinea worm larvae?
300
1995
When were all the national eradication programs established in all 20 endemic countries?
300
Village volunteers
Who helps provide national coordinators with data necessary for tracking the disease and monitoring the campaign’s progress?
400
1 year
What is the incubation period for a guinea worm?
400
$125 million
What was the estimated cumulative cost of the campaign as of 2004?
400
Worm Weeks
What is a popular form of intensive health education and community mobilization in the most highly endemic communities?
500
"Disease of the empty granary"
What is the nickname for guinea worm disease?
500
General Amadou Toumani Toure and General Yakubu Gowon
Who were the two politically committed leaders from Africa who helped bring the eradication campaign together?
500
It is the “fastest and most effective intervention”
What did Dr. Hopkins say about health education?