DRACUNCULIASIS BY: TINI PRAJAPATI

What is this disease?

What causes it?

How do people get it?

Treatment/Prevention

Eradication efforts

OUTLINE

Guinea coast of West Africa in the 1600’s

DRACUNCULIASIS IS A PARASITIC INFECTION KNOWN AS “GUINEA WORM DISEASE”

◦Grows and matures inside people

CAUSED BY THE ROUNDWORM DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS

WHAT ABOUT TREATMENT?

There is no cure.

Boreholes or hand dug wells

PREVENTION IS THE BEST APPROACH

Filters larvae out

WATER FILTERS AND PLASTIC PIPING

Prevent people with emerging worms from entering ponds/wells used for drinking

PREVENTION KEY: A CLEAN WATER SOURCE

EDUCATING PEOPLE CAN INEVITABLY PREVENT GWD

Hinders economy

DISEASE HINDERS INDIVIDUALS FROM PERFORMING DAILY DUTIES

THE CARTER CENTER IS PLAYING A KEY ROLE

"Ultimately, the work of The Carter Center is about helping people achieve better opportunities and watching hope take root where it languished before.“

—Jimmy Carter

THE GOOD NEWS: ERADICATION IS AT HAND

Will be the 3rd infectious disease to be eradicated

WE ARE SO CLOSE!

SOURCES•http://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/mini_site/index.html •http://www.pri.org/health/global-health/eradicating-guinea-worm-disease1933.html•http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/15/2/223•http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7768871.stm•http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/997617-overview•http://www.medic8.com/infectious-diseases/dracunculiasis.htm

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