Volume 1, Number 2—April 1995
Dispatch
Progress Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994
Table 2
Dracunculiasis cases reported, 1994*
| Country | Number of cases |
|---|---|
| Sudan | 53,092 |
| Nigeria | 39,774 |
| Niger | 23,568 |
| Uganda | 10,409 |
| Ghana | 8,432 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,859 |
| Mali | 5,396 |
| Togo | 5,045 |
| Mauritania | 5,029 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 4,700 |
| Benin | 3,440 |
| Ethiopia | 1,252 |
| Chad | 640 |
| India | 371 |
| Senegal | 186 |
| Yemen | 74 |
| Kenya | 37 |
| Cameroon | 30 |
| Pakistan | 0 |
*Provisional data reported to the World Health
Organization from countries completing national case searches or from active village-based surveillance.
Sudan's report to WHO includes cases reported by the Passive Surveillance System.
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