Only 14 Cases of Guinea Worm Infection Reported Globally in 2021

The Atlanta-based Carter Center is making dramatic progress in the eradication of Guinea worm disease. VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports that if the remaining endemic countries in Africa - Chad, South Sudan, Mali, Ethiopia and border areas of Cameroon - rid the parasite completely, it would become the first disease in human history eradicated through prevention and not vaccination