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Progress Towards The Eradication of Dracunculiasis

Hawkins and Hancock Counties, Department of Health and Environment, State of Tennessee, RR2, Box 65, Mooresburg, Tennessee, USA

June Gorski

Department of Health, Leisure and Safety, The University of Tennessee, 1914 Andy Holt Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

In 1980 the World Health Organization instituted the Decade of Safe Water and Sanitation. As part of that initiative new impetus was given to programmes which dealt with the eradication of dracunculiasis. This paper, based on the review of several studies, discusses the nature of the disease, its impact upon the affected population, the possible solutions, and the progress accomplished thus far in several African nations. The use of health education is advocated as a major contributor towards the eradication of dracunculiasis.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 112, No. 2, 78-83 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/146642409211200206


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