Useful Weblinks

 

The New York Times: Interesting Articles on Dracunculiasis

Nigeria:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/international/africa/26worm.html?ex=1148616000&en=955f9671b2aceb09&ei=5070

Sudan:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E02E3DB1F30F933A25750C0A9649C8B63

Ivory Coast:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E03E2D71338F932A35756C0A962948260

Eradication Efforts:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=950CEEDA1431F930A35750C0A96E958260

 

International Herald Tribune: Guinea worm, A Rare and Stubborn Pestilence

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/26/news/worm.php

 

CDC Fact Sheet : Dracunculiasis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/dracunculiasis/factsht_dracunculiasis.htm

 

University of British Columbia: Dracunculiasis Information
http://www.unbc.ca/nlui/wildlife_diseases_bc/guinea_worm.htm

 

World Health Organization: Dracunculiasis Info
http://www.who.int/topics/dracunculiasis/en/