Ghana meets Guinea worm eradication criteria A World Health Organization (WHO)-constituted International Certification Team (ICT) has concluded that Ghana has met the criteria for the certification of Guinea worm disease (GWD) eradication. This means Ghana could soon be certified as a Guinea worm free country. The team comprised seven international health experts from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, United States of America (USA) and Yemen, five national experts independent of the Ghana Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GGWEP) and six national facilitators from GGWEP. The ICT visited all the 10 regions of Ghana, 47 districts, 119 communities and 1,320 respondents following a request by the Ministry of Health to the WHO in May this year to certify Ghana free from Guinea worm disease. The Programme Manager of GGWEP, Dr Asiedu Bekoe, said in Accra that on July 30 the ICT observed that there was no active Guinea worm cases in the areas visited. However, in spite of the new development, Dr Bekoe urged Ghanaians to continue to be on the lookout because visitors come in from countries that are Guinea worm endemic.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:13:53 +0000
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