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Obviously there was no money to be made fighting this disease or there would be thousands if not millions of cases (sup HIV and AIDS).
Horrifying parasitic illness reaches all-time low
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/....UVuXBAGtI2ocA
ATLANTA – Cases of Guinea worm disease — a horrifying infection that culminates in worms coming out of a victim's skin — have reached an all-time low worldwide, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced Friday.
Only 4,410 cases were reported worldwide during the first ten months of this year, all in six African countries. Nearly 80 percent were in Sudan, according to The Carter Center, the disease-fighting nonprofit founded by Carter and his wife.
That total is a dramatic drop from the 3.5 million cases in 20 nations that were reported when The Carter Center's eradication campaign began in 1986. It's also less than half the 9,585 cases reported by individual nations in 2007.
"Our record on Guinea worm for the last few years has been steadily and rapidly downward," Carter said.
Health experts hope that next year may see the last reported cases of the parasitic illness, which would make it the second infection — after smallpox — to be eliminated from the world.
Carter also announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed $40 million toward the eradication effort, and the British government had pledged roughly $15 million. The Carter Center is trying to raise $32 million to match the Gates gift.
Guinea worm occurs when people drink water contaminated with worm larvae. Over a year, one or more of the larvae can grow to the size of a 3-foot-long spaghetti noodle. Then they very slowly emerge through the skin, often causing searing, debilitating pain for months. The disease is usually not fatal.
There is no vaccine or medicine for the parasite. Infection is prevented by filtering water and educating people how to avoid the disease.
On Thursday, Carter accepted a $250,000 donation from GlaxoSmithKline toward another eradication effort against lymphatic filariasis, a threadlike parasitic worm that afflicts millions.
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Obviously there was no money to be made fighting this disease or there would be thousands if not millions of cases (sup HIV and AIDS).
do they come out and sing like this
OMG!!do they come out and sing like this
mmm......spaghetti....
I don't know why I read this . I can't stop scratching now. It happens every time I see or read crap like this! ggggrrrrr
Thats the crabs man.
... and I thought this thread was going to be about the Republican party, looks like I was right. HA!
Oops...wrong thread. From the le I thought this was another B2B appreciation thread.
I dont care who you are, that's funny right there.....
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