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Carter’s dream, almost reached: Guinea worm cases drop to 14

FILE - Lashidu Wahabu, 7, left, cries as a health worker extracts a Guinea worm from his ankle at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana, Friday, March 9, 2007. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File) FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, a woman points to two scares on her leg where two worms emerged, in Terekeka, South Sudan. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. (AP Photo/Mariah Quesada, File) FILE - In this March 9, 2007, file photo, a Guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin, File) FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, women and children are seen in Terekeka, South Sudan. War-torn South Sudan "should serve as an example" for other countries in the progress it is making in eradicating Guinea worm, said former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The number of people infected with Guinea worm dropped to just over a dozen worldwide in 2021 as health workers try to eradicate the disease. (AP Photo/Mariah Quesada, File)