Guinea Worm Eradication Almost Complete Says Jimmy Carter
Former US president Jimmy Carter said there are now fewer than 5,000 cases of Guinea worm disease in the world, the lowest ever, and that to help eradicate the disease altogether, the Carter Center campaign has received pledges totalling 55 million US dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Department for International Development.
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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on December 9th, 2008