Sentences with phrase «guinea worm eradication»

Then, in 1986, the World Health Organization declared guinea worm eradication an official goal and The Carter Center, set up by former US president Jimmy Carter, took up the challenge.

Not exact matches

Coming from someone whose «nym is an indictment of vaccine that led to the eradication of the only disease humanity has ever fully eradicated, it's even more ironic (we are so close on polio and guinea worm, but not quite there, and polio is making a comeback).

Guinea worm disease is an obvious target for eradication and the only one besides polio now backed by the WHO.

An outbreak of Guinea worm disease in dogs could thwart the anticipated eradication of the parasitic infection.

We asked the Carter Center's Guinea worm disease expert Kelly Callahan, who has been involved in eradication efforts for 12 years.

There are several reasons Guinea worm disease is favored for eradication.

The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long - sought Higgs boson, and the near - eradication of guinea worm disease.