Guinea Worm Disease

Pipe Filter Distribution Project In Sudan Prevents Ingestion Of Contaminated Water

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 3rd, 2001

The Carter Center, along with its partners, Health and Development International (HDI), Hydro Polymers of Norsk Hydro, and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), has begun to blanket Sudan with nine million pipe filters - one for every man, woman, and child at risk of the parasitic Guinea worm disease in Sudan.

"The Sudan Guinea Worm Pipe Filter Project is a positive story coming out of Africa; and unfortunately there are not enough of these," said former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. "We are grateful for this opportunity to aggressively attack Guinea worm in Sudan but also encouraged by the eagerness of all interested parties to participate in the fight to eradicate this...

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