Nigeria is now free of guinea worm, the Country Representative of the Carter Centre, Dr. Emmanuel Miri, said on Wednesday in Jos.

Miri told the News Agency of Nigeria that the NGO had waged a war against the disease in the past 16 years and had succeeded in wiping it out of the country.

He said, “In the global guinea worm eradication component of our programme, we have achieved a very rare feat which is the successful eradication of the disease in Nigeria.

“Nigeria was at one point in time rated as the most endemic guinea worm country in the world, but through our efforts, the disease has now been completely eradicated.

“Anytime from now, a World Health Organisation team and former US President Jimmy Carter, will come to Nigeria to officially certify the country guinea worm-free,” he said.

Miri said the organisation had offered to pay N25,000 reward to anyone who reports any incident of guinea worm from any part of the country, to the centre.

He said that in spite of the price tag, no one had reported any new case of the disease from any part of the country in the past three years.

The country representative said the centre had realised its aims and objectives for which it was founded about 30 years ago.

He said the objective of the centre was to wage war against diseases globally, to achieve global peace, democracy and poverty eradication in developing countries.

Miri said the centre was now focusing its attention on the elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness), lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), schistosomiasis (bilhazia), trachoma (eyeball disease) and malaria.

“In these other cases, we have been testing different strategies in our efforts to eradicate them: this we do by the strategy of deliberate interruption of transmission, a very successful preventive measure.

“For instance, we discovered that we can prevent somebody from contracting lymphatic filariasis by just availing him of a treated mosquito net as a preventive measure.

“In fact, the Federal Ministry of Health in recognition of our success in this regard, has directed us to stop the treatment of infected persons and focus on the interruption of disease transmission strategy alone,” he added.

http://www.punchng.com/news/nigeria-is-free-of-guineaworm-says-carter-centre/

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3rd to comment yayyy!!! *dancin massai*
Nice feat. Kudos to Professor L D Edungbola of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, who came up with ds idea, some 30 years ago.

Yaaaayyyy!!! I hope we get rid of corrupt leaders too!!! #okBye

Oh.

At First, I thought I read "Nigeria Now Free of BokoHaram". Hmm, Guineaworm.

Still Good though.

Officially , we are free but Unofficially, we are not free

Okay nice dev

So na Naija-worm remain

guineaworm ke? Wot of Zambiaworm?

U guys should let me know when nigeria is FREE OF CORRUPTION

nor be guines-worm them dey call "aran" for yoruba ni??
If na hin,then this report na big lie!!

Minion:Ur Banefulness! The Carter Centre has eradicated guinea worm, its sad
Hades:Na lie jare! Look in the North, behind Bokoharam settlements! Or are they not a part of Nigeria?!
Minion:My King!, It seems these centre just feeds people bullsh*t

Puhleaaaaaaazzzze, I just saw a beggar 3weeks ago with a boil like bump on the leg with a rope like fingy dangling out, and guess what? "IN ABUJA!" ...
Guinea-worm gone ke... These people hardly carryout health Demographics, but they quickly pop reports.
The next fing they'll say is; "Polio is gone"... Abegi make I hear word.

Abeg make those pple park well jare.....

Someone mentioned prof edungbola, that man is one of the most corrupt lecturers in unilorin.... Always claiming that he eradicated guineaworm in kwara state....


I was once posted to egbejila village to do a community research (COBES) and we found nothing less than 5 cases there...

In fact the same prof posted in the unilorin bulletin that all students living in ile-apa (a village about 7km from the campus) should vacate cos the whole place is infested with guineaworm....

So please, let these pple get their facts right!!!!

I have a dream that just as Nigeris is now free from guineaworm so will we be free from currupt leaders

But literally wat is guineaworm doing in nigeria?? Soon we will here of ghana worm

Ya, is true! We no longer hv Guinea worm, we now hv worms lik Ghana worm, Zambia worm, Togo worm, ivry coast worm,.....d worst worm is bokoharam worm

Ya, is true! We no longer hv Guinea worm, we now hv worms lik Ghana worm, Zambia worm, Togo worm, canca worm, ivry coast worm,.....d worst worm is bokoharam worm

Can someone please ban that minion and hades niggarr?

"Miri said the organisation has offered to pay N25, 000 reward to anyone who reports any incident of guinea worm from any part of the country, to the centre."


Nna.. see business!! Na to begin dey package worms for sale naw o!

which day will corruption be freed or when will HIV/AIDS be freed,these are things dat cause problems to naija,guinea worm is a minor casewhich day will corruption be freed or when will HIV/AIDS be freed,these are things dat cause problems to naija,guinea worm is a minor casewhich day will corruption be freed or when will HIV/AIDS be freed,these are things dat cause problems to naija,guinea worm is a minor case

Clemzy16: "Miri said the organisation has offered to pay N25, 000 reward to anyone who reports any incident of guinea worm from any part of the country, to the centre."


Nna.. see business!! Na to begin dey package worms for sale naw o!

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You no go wan dull na. Sharp guy! I'm done with my strategies though.