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Ghana wins 23-year fight with Guinea worm disease
The Associated Press
Date: Thursday Jul. 28, 2011 11:43 AM ET
ACCRA, Ghana ? Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the centimetres-long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana. That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president dedicated himself to eradicating the sickness and estimated it would take 10 years.
On Thursday, after 23 years of hard work and a major setback, Ghana finally declared victory...
Ghana wins 23-year fight with Guinea worm disease
The Associated Press
Date: Thursday Jul. 28, 2011 11:43 AM ET
ACCRA, Ghana ? Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the centimetres-long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana. That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president dedicated himself to eradicating the sickness and estimated it would take 10 years.
On Thursday, after 23 years of hard work and a major setback, Ghana finally declared victory...