World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center
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FILE - In this March 9, 2007 file photo, a guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)FILE - Aid workers with the Carter Center work in the community to raise awareness about Guinea worm and a family impacted in Jarweng, South Sudan, on May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, file)FILE - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter poses for photographers with a water pipe filter, that is used to combat guinea worm disease, during a news conference to mark the launch of a campaign to eradicate the disease in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2007 file photo, a guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File)