Guinea worm in Ethiopia and Ghana

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This article talks about guinea worm disease, and how African countries are now fighting the infection. This disease is still present in 6 African countries, in Ghana and Ethiopia they are close to getting rid of this disease altogether. They are preventing this disease from spreading by filtering drinking water that comes from ponds and pools and preventing people with open wounds to enter the pond. Also, they are now repairing faulty water pumps so that if a water supply breaks down, people will not turn to disease ridden water. In these African countries if you get this disease and are an adult you will most likely be put out of work because of the pain, if you are a child you are bedridden until the worm decides to leave your body, causing many children to miss school. This article also describes the disease in small detail.