Progress made in Mali and South Sudan toward eradication of dracunculiasis: World Health Organization

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  • Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Ammapettai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Ammapettai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Jegadeesh Ramasamy Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Ammapettai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. 2016 global update on dracunculiasis eradication: Where we stand? What else needs to be done? J Clin Sci 2016;13:149-50.

World Health Organization. Dracunculiasis eradication: Global surveillance summary, 2015. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2016;91:219-36.

World Health Organization. Dracunculiasis Eradication: Mali Reports Zero Cases in 2016; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/news/Mali_reports_zero_cases_in_2016/en/. [Last accessed on 2017 Jan 17].

Hopkins DR, Ruiz-Tiben E, Eberhard ML, Roy SL, Weiss AJ. Progress toward global eradication of dracunculiasis-January 2015-June 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:1112-6.

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2022-11-10

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Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. Progress made in Mali and South Sudan toward eradication of dracunculiasis: World Health Organization. Community Acquir Infect. 2022;4. Accessed May 3, 2025. https://www.hksmp.com/journals/cai/article/view/213

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Vol. 4 (2017)

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Letter to Editor

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