How Jimmy Carter Helped Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Without a Vaccine

How Jimmy Carter Helped Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Without a Vaccine

President Jimmy Carter’s decades-long humanitarian effort against Guinea worm disease has nearly eradicated the parasitic illness that once plagued millions worldwide. The disease, caused by drinking unfiltered water contaminated with microscopic parasites, leads to severe symptoms such as fever, nausea, and painful skin blisters as the worms…

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