SUDAN AND GHANA REDUCE CASES BY -73% IN JANUARY-MAY 2008

Sudan and Ghana, which together have reported 94% of all cases of dracunculiasis so far this year, have collectively recorded 1,331 cases in January-May 2008, compared to 4,936 cases during the same period of 2007, yielding a combined reduction of -73% thus far. As illustrated in Figure 1, the cumulative number of cases reported by all five remaining endemic countries is reduced by -72% so far this year, compared to a reduction of -48% between January-May 2006 and the same period of 2007.

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