Jun 2015 - May 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 Carter Center, World Health Organisation, The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis Eradication Programmes in Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and/or South Sudan -
OTHER FUNDERS
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.K. Department for International Development (DfID), Alwaleed Philanthropies, ELMA Philanthropies -