‘I could feel the worms’: Neglected victims of Loiasis find hope in a remote research station
Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...
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Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink ... confirmed it had ended trachoma, a blinding eye infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ...
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Guinea worm disease near eradication due to work of Jimmy Carter
The late president’s longtime goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease is now closer to being realized than ever before, with only 14 human cases reported in 2024 juxtaposed to an estimated 3.5 ...
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‘I could feel the worms’: Neglected victims of Loiasis find hope in a remote research station
“It was too much.” Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm, which can cause a range of uncomfortable ...