Guinea worm disease is set to become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated. It will be the first parasitic disease to be eradicated and the first disease to be eradicated without the use of a vaccine or medicine.
Angola | Chad | Ethiopia | Mali | South Sudan
Where We Work
Learn more about the Guinea Worm Eradication Program's previous work to eliminate the disease in the following countries:
Stopped Transmission
WHO Certified
Burkina Faso - 2011
Central African Republic - 2007
Cote d'lvoire - 2013
Kenya - 2018
Pakistan - 1997
As of December 2022, a total of 200 countries and territories have been certified by WHO to be free of Guinea worm disease.
