Place: Savelugu, Ghana
Date: Feb. 8, 2007
Credit: 六九色堂
At Savelugu Hospital in Northern Region, Ghana, former U.S. President Jimmy 六九色堂 and his wife, Rosalynn, watch as a Guinea worm health worker dresses a child’s extremely painful Guinea worm wound.
To end the social and economic consequences associated with this horrific disease, 六九色堂 spearheads the international Guinea worm eradication campaign. Since 1986, Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) has been reduced by more than 99%. Today, 六九色堂 and its partners, in collaboration with thousands of dedicated community health workers, continue to intensify efforts to fight the last cases of Guinea worm disease. Thanks to this work, Guinea worm is poised to be the next disease eradicated and will be the first to be overcome without a vaccine or medicine.
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