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943085 | Certification status over time | The current and historical values for the status of Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) as certified by the WHO. To be certified as free of guinea worm disease, a country must have reported zero indigenous cases through active surveillance for at least three consecutive years. Data regarding certification status is taken from: https://web.archive.org/web/20211024081702/https://apps.who.int/dracunculiasis/dradata/html/report_Countries_t0.html This is supplmented with more recent changes to Guinea worm disease certification: - Angola has had endemic status since 2020: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-09-2020-eradicating-dracunculiasis-human-cases-and-animal-infections-decline-as-angola-becomes-endemic - Kenya was certified guinea worm free in 2018: https://www.who.int/news/item/21-03-2018-dracunculiasis-eradication-south-sudan-claims-interruption-of-transmission-in-humans - DRC was certified guinea worm free in 2022: https://www.who.int/news/item/15-12-2022-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-certified-free-of-dracunculiasis-transmission-by-who | 2024-06-25 09:06:35 | 2024-07-08 16:38:18 | 1996-2023 | 6581 | 30791 | {} |
0 | certification_status | grapher/who/2024-06-17/guinea_worm/guinea_worm#certification_status | 2 | major | WHO | World Health Organization (2024) | The current and historical values for the status of [Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis)](#dod:guinea-worm) as certified by the WHO. To be certified as free of guinea worm disease, a country must have reported zero indigenous cases through active surveillance for at least three consecutive years. | Elimination of [dracunculiasis[(#dod:guinea-worm)] is the confirmed absence of the emergence of adult female worms (the interruption of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis) in humans and animals for three consecutive years or longer from a country with such a low risk of reintroduction of the parasite that preventive measures could be reduced to a strict minimum. | [] |
The current and historical values for the status of Guinea worm disease (Dracunculiasis) as certified by the WHO. To be certified as free of guinea worm disease, a country must have reported zero indigenous cases through active surveillance for at least three consecutive years. Data regarding certification status is available at the WHO: https://web.archive.org/web/20211024081702/https://apps.who.int/dracunculiasis/dradata/html/report_Countries_t0.html We have added the recent changes to Guinea worm disease certification: - Angola has had endemic statuss since 2020: https://www.who.int/news/item/23-09-2020-eradicating-dracunculiasis-human-cases-and-animal-infections-decline-as-angola-becomes-endemic - Kenya was certified guinea worm free in 2018: https://www.who.int/news/item/21-03-2018-dracunculiasis-eradication-south-sudan-claims-interruption-of-transmission-in-humans - DRC was certified guinea worm free in 2022: https://www.who.int/news/item/15-12-2022-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-certified-free-of-dracunculiasis-transmission-by-who | string | [] |
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