Action against worms

Newsletter February 2009 issue 13

Overview

In this issue:

  • Dracunculiasis: gearing up for eradication
  • The "fiery serpent"
  • The life-cycle
  • Battling the worm
  • Impact
  • Prevention and treatment
  • Endemic countries in 2008
  • Countries in the pre-certification stage
  • Challenges
Editors
Dr G. Biswas
Number of pages
8
Copyright
World Health Organization - Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO