| 21. | Only one other disease _ Guinea worm disease _ is as close to extinction.
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| 22. | Diseases like leprosy, Guinea worm and river blindness are endemic.
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| 23. | The two diseases nearest eradication are polio and Guinea worm.
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| 24. | This centuries-old extraction method is the only way the guinea worm can be removed.
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| 25. | _$ 1.5 million to help eradicate Guinea worm in Africa.
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| 26. | The Guinea worm parasite transmits river blindness disease among humans.
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| 27. | Eradication of Guinea Worm in West and Central Africa _ $ 2, 892, 000
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| 28. | The global campaign against guinea worm disease, officially known as dracunculiasis, began in 1980.
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| 29. | According to UNICEF, 78 percent of the guinea worm cases worldwide are in Sudan.
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| 30. | The Guinea worm grows to 3 feet long and it lives inside its victims.
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