Guinea Worm Wrap-Up: #147, October 22, 2004

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• Journal Article:
  Guinea worm wrap-up
• Corporate Authors:
  WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ; Emory University. Carter Center ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Nigeria reports zero cases in September!!! ; For the first time since the Nigerian Guinea Worm Eradication Program (NIGEP) began in 1988, Nigeria has detected zero cases of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) throughout the entire country for a whole month: September 2004. This compares to 31 cases reported by NIGEP in September 2003, and 175 cases in September 2002 (see Figure 1). The news of Nigeria’s first zero-case month electrified the annual Review of Carter Center-assisted Health Programs in Nigeria, which was held October 11-13 at the Hill Station Hotel in Jos, Plateau State.
• Subjects:
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Dracunculiasis/prevention & control
  • Dracunculus Nematode
• Series:
  Guinea Worm Wrap-Up
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Pages in Document:
  8 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  147
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30527/cdc_30527_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 381.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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