Update: dracunculiasis eradication--Pakistan, 1990.
Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) is a disabling infection that affects an estimated 10 million persons in 17 African countries and parts of India and Pakistan each year. In 1987, the Pakistan Dracunculiasis Eradication Program was established with the goal of eradicating dracunculiasis from Pakistan by 1990. This report summarizes progress toward that goal.
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012621:Seasons