Announcing another victory in the battle to #beatNTDs, via today's press release from The Carter Center : The Carter Center, together with its partners, recognizes continued progress in the global Guinea worm eradication campaign. In 2017, there were only 20 villages with cases of Guinea worm disease in two countries, both in Africa, compared to 23,735 villages in 21 countries on two continents in 1991. From January through December 2017, there were 30 indigenous Guinea worm cases reported provisionally in isolated areas of Chad and Ethiopia. Provisional numbers are reported monthly by the ministries of health of the remaining endemic countries and compiled by The Carter Center. Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases #NTDs #HealthForAll #globalhealth #globaldevelopment …see more