We're So Close to Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease—But There's Been a Setback
In 2007 , in Savelugu , Ghana , former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tries to soothe 6 - twelvemonth - erstwhile Ruhama Issah at Savelugu Hospital as a Carter Center expert assistant dresses Issah ’s Guinea worm wound . Image Credit : The Carter Center The Guinea dirt ball ( Dracunculus medinensis ) is one of mankind ’s oldest foeman . The parasite is transmitted by assimilate worm larvae in polluted crapulence water ....