Britain today announced it will provide major support to a new project that will make Guinea worm the second human disease ever to be eradicated in human history.
International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien said Britain will back a final push to wipe out the debilitating parasitic disease within this decade but insisted other donors provide much-needed additional funding.
The funding would form a vital part of the push from former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà to ensure that Guinea worm is consigned to the history books alongside smallpox. Read the full press release issued by the Department for International Development (PDF) >
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