Jun 2015 - Jun 2021
Guinea Worm Eradication Programme
$20,000,000 Grant Value
To support the Carter Center, the World Health Organisation and country programmes in their efforts to eradicate Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis) worldwide. If successful, this will be the second infectious disease ever eradicated, after smallpox.
Region
Global
Partners
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -
World Health Organization -
The Carter Center -
National Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis Eradication Programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and South Sudan -
OTHER FUNDERS
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office -
Alwaleed Philanthropies -
ELMA Philanthropies -
Various countries and organisations -