Ghana eradicates Guinea worm after 23-year fight

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Ghana eradicates Guinea worm after 23-year fight

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Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches- (centimeters-) 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.

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