Dracunculiasis
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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
PICTURE SOURCEShttp://www.cartercenter.org/resources/images/health/guinea_worm/GW-life-cycle-8-09.JPG http://allhealthcare.monster.com/nfs/allhealthcare/attachment_images/0003/2063/capt.43416895540544fbadabcaff1c5e89f5.guinea_worm_ny108_crop380w.jpg?1228525776http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_5882_images/1205080938_M_Guinea+worm_jar_350.jpghttp://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_feb05/images/Millions-Saved-Guinea-worm-.jpghttp://www.zimbio.com/Guinea+Worm+Disease/articles/nOudWCHMc_W/Guinea+Worm+Pictureshttp://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/mini_site/gallery.htmlhttp://kcm.co.kr/bethany/c_maps/guinea-1.gifhttp://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2009/TadHenry_Dracumculiasis/images/untitled.jpg