Guinea worm wrap-up ; # 153, June 20, 2005

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Guinea worm wrap-up ; # 153, June 20, 2005

June 20, 2005
By WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ...
Series: Guinea worm wrap-up ; # 153

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Guinea worm wrap-up
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WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ; Emory University. Carter Center ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Training and Eradication of Dracunculiasis. ; Emory University. Carter Center ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Less -
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The National Program Coordinator of Ghana's Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP), Dr. Andrew Seidu-Korkor of the Ghana Health Service, reports that during January-May 2005, Ghana detected 2,263 cases of dracunculiasis, in 420 villages, which is a reduction of -56% from the 5,176 cases detected in Ghana during the same period of 2004 (Figure 1). 300 of the villages had indigenous cases. 98% of Ghana's cases in 2004 were reported from only 25 districts (Figures 2 and 3).
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Communicable Disease Control Dracunculiasis/prevention & Control Dracunculus Nematode
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Guinea worm wrap-up ; # 153
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Newsletter
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Ghana
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12 unnumbered pages
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153
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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urn:sha256:92e56d8f199e5d760890935c1cda8e22e2300f81de6fe3da3d13ac48f4577ad6
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