Africa: Guinea Worm
(asked on 17th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made in collaboration with other countries on the eradication of the Guinea worm.
This question was answered on 24th October 2018
The UK Government – in collaboration with the Carter Center, the World Health Organisation, and endemic countries – has contributed to a decline in Guinea worm cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to 30 cases in 2017.