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The End Is in Sight : Tackling a Neglected Tropical Disease in a Global Pandemic
Community-led efforts have helped the fight to eradicate Guinea worm disease.
By Emeline Wuilbercq
ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Okello Aballa Ognum regularly has to walk deep into the jungles of southwest Ethiopia to treat the water ponds that harbor a debilitating parasitic disease.
Painstakingly, he measures the water volume to determine how much chemical treatment to use against copepods, the tiny water fleas that carry the Guinea worm larvae.
If ingested by humans, the larvae can grow up to a meter long before emerging through the skin, leading to serious disability and amputation in the worst cases. ....

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