Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

A jar containing Guinea worms is shown in Atlanta, where Carter Center volunteers helped assemble medical kits to fight Guinea worm disease, on July 28, 2004. Former President Jimmy Carter hoped to ...

JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people. Rarely fatal ...

The 14 reported cases in 2024 aligns with some of the lowest annual totals of human cases ever reported, following 14 cases ...

Guinea worm disease (GWD), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is a neglected tropical disease that has plagued communities in Africa for centuries. However, significant progress has ...

Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community ...

Over 1 billion people are impacted by neglected tropical diseases. Devex explores what WHO’s updated road map means and ...

Turkana, Kenya: An alert has been issued over Guinea worm disease in Turkana County by medical personnel. Turkana County Director of Health Stephen Ekitela said several pastoralists families ...

International: The UAE will participate tomorrow in marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, an initiative officially ...