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World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center
The Carter Center reported only 10 provisional human Guinea worm cases in 2025 across South Sudan, Chad, and Ethiopia, reflecting decades of eradication efforts.
- The Carter Center released provisional figures showing there were only 10 human Guinea worm cases in 2025, pending confirmation at the April campaign's global meeting.
- Decades of effort by The Carter Center and partners have reduced Guinea worm by more than 99.99% since 1986, averting over 100 million cases through community volunteers and cash rewards for reporting.
- Country data reveal two provisional human cases in South Sudan, four each in Chad and Ethiopia, while animal infections remain high with 445 in Cameroon and 147 in Chad.
- The 2025 total signals a steep drop, showing a 33% decline from 15 cases in 2024 to 10 provisional human cases, with Carter Center leaders linking this milestone to Jimmy Carter's legacy.
- Animal infections complicate the endgame because Dracunculus medinensis infects both animals and humans, so the program is developing diagnostic tests while global commitment renewed by World Health Assembly resolution WHA78.14 in May 2025.
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World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center
The Carter Center says there were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025.
·United States
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Africa: Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported in 2025
Announcement - Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. The Carter Center announced the historic provisional figure following the one-year anniversary of the passing of the Center’s founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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