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The article discusses the highlights of the 36th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication held on October 5-6, 2023. Topics include global impact of climate change on health, neglected tropical diseases, vector-borne diseases, mental health and well-being, as well as research prioritization for low- and middle-income countries, and impact of climate change on Guinea-worm eradication, poliomyelitis eradication, trachoma, river blindness and lymphatic filariasis.

The article offers information on the 34th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) on September 19-20, 2022 to discuss the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis.

The article presents updates on the monitoring and preventive efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) against the neglected tropical disease (NTD) called lepsory (Hansen disease) under its Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030. Also cited are the number of infections in 2021, the recommended prevention methods like chemoprophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin, and the rate of infection among children.

The article presents a summary of dracunculiasis cases sent by national dracunculiasis eradication programmes to the World Health Organization (WHO) from January to October 2023.

The article presents the highlights of the virtual World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH) meeting in June 2021. Topics include the evolution of the group in handling infectious hazards like the Ebola virus disease (EVD), meningitis and arbovirus, and its partnership with other groups like the Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research and Influenza Pandemic Preparedness and Response.

The article reports on the use of pneumococcal vaccine by the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent or eliminate pneumococcal meningitis. Topics include the Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of the disease, the total outbreaks of the disease in African countries like Burkina Faso, Chad, and Ghana from 2000 to 2018, and the confirmed infections and case-fatality ratio (CFR).

The article presents the highlights of the 31st International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) held in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2020. Topics include the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on elimination/eradication programmes, the ethical issues in programme implementation, and the programmes like Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and the elimination programmes for malaria, lymphatic filariasis (LF), and river blindness (RB) or onchocerciasis.

The article reports on a global surveillance summary of dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) eradication in 2019. Topics covered include the three countries that reported a total of 53 human indigenous cases of dracunculiasis during the year, how insecurity and inaccessibility due to conflicts continue to hinder eradication initiatives, and the monthly occurrence of human cases by country and the number of worms by month of emergence in 2019.

The article reports on the global surveillance of dracunculiasis eradication in 2018, according to the World Health Organization. Topics include the number of human cases reported in Angola, Chad, and South Sudan, the impact of insecurity and inaccessibility on eradication efforts in certified countries like the Central African Republic, and the annual number of reported dracunculiasis human cases and localities/villages of human case detection worldwide from 1989 to 2018.

The article provides a progress report on the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) established by World Health Organization (WHO). A process of validation is used for formal confirmation of elimination as a public health problem. Mass drug administration (MDA) is recommended by WHO to stop transmission of LF. A table is shown that lists the status of each LF endemic country according to MDA status and progress towards validation.

The article provides a global surveillance summary of dracunculiasis eradication in 2017. Highlights include annual number of reported dracunculiasis human cases and localities and villages of human case detection worldwide from 1989 to 2017, the average number of worms per patient by country, and a map of Africa that shows localities and villages reporting dogs infected with Guinea-worm in 2017.

The article discusses the highlights of the 27th meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia on October 17, 2017. Highlights include a decline in the number of infected dogs in Chad from 2012 to 2017, the number of migrant male workers from Oromia Region that were affected by the outbreak in Ethiopia, and the number of countries, areas, and territories certified by World Health Organization as free of dracunculiasis transmission.

The article presents a summary of global surveillance of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) eradication by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016. Topics discussed include the total cases reported in Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, and the continuing challenges of conflicts during surveillance, unimproved sources of drinking-water, and offering of cash rewards for voluntary reporting of a case. Also noted are the disease transmission circumstances in the three countries.

A list of dracunculiasis and villages with cases that are sent to World Health Organization by the national dracunculiasis eradication programmes is presented to monitor the progress accomplished towards dracunculiasis eradication, district-wise surveillance indicators.

The article discusses the eradication programme for dracunculiasis or guinea-worm disease. It notes that 22 cases of the disease from 20 localities were reported by the remaining endemic countries including Chad, Ethiopia and South Sudan representing a 83% decrease in cases in one year. The Guinea Worm Eradication Programme was able to carry out surveillance activities in the northern regions of Mali but access to areas of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan was difficult due to security concerns.

The article presents monthly report on dracunculiasis cases from January-September 2021.

The article offers information on the 23rd meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) held at the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia on 28 April 2015. Topics discussed include review on global Guinea worm disease eradication program, role of nonprofit Carter Center in assisting national programs to prevent transmission of the parasite, and decrease in cases of Guinea worm disease in countries including Ethiopia, Mali and South Sudan.

The article offers a reports regarding progress made in efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis, a guinea-worm disease from localities of various countries such as Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Mali. Topics discussed include certification provided by the World Health Organization to territories free of dracunculiasis, adoption of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy and carrying of surveys during national immunization days (NIDs) related to dracunculiasis cases.

A list of dracunculiasis cases and villages with such cases from January to August 2017 that are sent to World Health Organization by the national dracunculiasis eradication programmes is presented.

A list of the cases and villages with cases of dracunculiasis from January to June 2017 and World Health Organization web sites on infectious diseases is presented.

The article focuses on a report that describes efforts taken for the eradication of dracunculiasis around the globe in 2013. Topics discussed include 73 percent declination in the reporting of dracunculiasis, the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the eradication of the medical condition and information on dracunculiasis-endemic countries such as Chad, Mali and Ethiopia. Also mentions several charts and tables related to the above mentioned topic.

The article presents weekly epidemiological record of Dracunculiasis eradication. It is mentioned that there is 44 percent reduction of dracunculiasis cases since 2011 to 2012. It states that national report of dracunculiasis is sustained in the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy or in the Health Management Information System (HMIS). Reducing the gaps such as contaminated water resources helps to achieve the goal of interruption of transmission is also suggested.

The article discusses the contents of reports of global surveillance summary, 2011 related to dracunculiasis eradication. It describes surveillance and disease eradication efforts for dracunculiasis during 2011. It informs that the World Health Assembly (WHA) noted that only 4 countries, all in sub-Saharan Africa, remained endemic for dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) at the end of 2009 and that 187 countries and territories were certified free of transmission.

The article presents a report regarding the global surveillance summary on dracunculiasis eradication for 2010. It discusses the call of the World Health Assembly to eradicate dracunculiasis by the year 2009 through the Resolution 57.9. The report revealed a decrease of greater than 99 percent in cases of dracunculiasis compared to 1989. It also offers information on the decrease in the number of cases of the disease in various endemic countries including Ethiopia, Sudan and Burkina Faso.

The article reports on the goal of the Geneva Declaration for the Eradication of Dracunculiasis to completely eliminate the illness worldwide. During the seventh meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication held in October 2009, it was found that seven more countries were certified as dracunculiasis transmission-free. The epidemiological situations in endemic countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana and Mali are discussed.

The article presents the global surveillance summary of dracunculiasis or guinea-worm disease in 2008. The epidemiological situation survey showed that there were 41 recorded cases in Ethiopia, there was a 68% reduction in number of villages reporting cases in Ghana, but it remains endemic in Mali with ongoing transmission of 4 in 8 regions, such as Gao and Kidal. However, World Health Organization has certified 180 countries and their territories as having eliminated drancunculiasis.

The article presents information on the thirteenth International Task Force for Disease Eradication meeting that was held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 2008. Topics discussed at the meeting include updates on lymphatic filariasis and malaria elimination efforts from Hispaniola's Caribbean Island, the status of the campaign for the elimination of dracunculiasis and lymphatic filariasis, and an account on the review of the control programmes for buruli ulcer.

The article presents a summary of the 2007 report on global surveillance on dracunculiasis eradication. The report indicates that the global campaign has sped up its progress by reaching a reduction of 62% in dracunculiasis cases and a stoppage in transmission in four to nine countries. Moreover, the report presents an analysis of the epidemiological situation in several endemic countries, including Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.

The article reports on the progress of the global program that was designed to eradicate the prevalence of guinea-worm disease, dracunculiasis, worldwide. In 2006, the number of countries affected by the endemic remains at nine, while the number of reported cases between 1989 and 2006 falls from 892,055 to 25,217. An analysis of the epidemiological situation in the nine endemic countries and the five countries in the precertification stage, including Ethiopia, Togo, and Benin, are presented.

A list of cases of dracunculiasis and villages with cases sent to the World Health Organization by the national dracunculiasis eradication programmes in January 2020 is presented, which includes total number of rumours of suspected dracunculiasis cases in 2020, date of receipt of the report, and total number of villages reporting cases for the same months.

The article reports on the progress of the Global Programme to Eradicate Dracunculiasis in 2005. It discusses the reduction in the number of endemic countries from 11 in 2004 to 9 in 2005. The article reports on the dramatic decline in the number of dracunculiasis cases reported between 1989 and 2005. The distribution of dracunculiasis cases reported during 2005 is presented.