Guinea worm disease transmission interrupted in South Sudan: Jimmy Carter calls it ‘a great milestone’
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The Carter Center, along with South Sudan's health minister, Dr. Riek Gai Kok announced today that South Sudan has succeeded in interrupting transmission of Guinea worm disease. As of the end of February 2018, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, has recorded zero cases of Guinea worm disease for 15 consecutive months. Because the ["]
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