Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2019.

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.