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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Sanz

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Guinea worm eradication effort enters most difficult phase | History Defined

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The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.

After decades of progress, the eradication program’s director cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease will be “the most difficult.”

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