Violence Threatens Bid to Eradicate Guinea Worm
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
So near – and yet so far. Health workers in South Sudan are close to making the parasitic guinea worm only the second human disease ever to be eradicated. Just 11 cases have been seen this year in the country, the worm's last major stronghold, compared to 55 at this time last year.
The progress may be short-lived.