TABLE 1. Number of reported indigenous dracunculiasis cases, by country –– worldwide, January 2018–June 2020.
| Country | No (% contained) |
% Change Jan–Dec 2018 to Jan–Dec 2019 | No. (% contained) |
% Change Jan–Jun 2019 to Jan–Jun 2020 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan–Dec 2018 |
Jan–Dec 2019 |
Jan–Jun 2019 |
Jan–Jun 2020 |
|||
| No. (% contained) | No. (% contained) | No. (% contained) | No. (% contained) | |||
|
Human cases
| ||||||
| Chad |
17 (41) |
48 (54) |
188 |
29 (59) |
9 (44) |
−69 |
| Ethiopia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 (100) |
NA |
| Mali* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (0) |
NA |
| South Sudan |
10 (30) |
4 (50) |
−60 |
0 (0) |
0 |
NA |
| Angola |
1 (0) |
1 (0) |
0 |
1 (0) |
1 (0) |
0 |
| Cameroon |
0 |
1 (0)† |
0 |
1 (0)† |
1 (0)§ |
0 |
|
Total
|
28 (36)
|
54 (52)
|
93
|
31 (55)
|
19 (58)
|
−39 |
|
Animal infections
¶
| ||||||
| Chad |
1,065 (75) |
1,982 (76) |
82 |
1,356 (78) |
1,057 (87) |
−22 |
| Ethiopia |
17 (41) |
8 (25) |
−53 |
6 (0) |
3 (33) |
−50 |
| Mali |
20 (80) |
9 (67) |
−55 |
2 (100) |
0 |
−100 |
| Angola |
0 |
1 (0) |
NA |
1 (0) |
0 |
−100 |
| Cameroon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 (0) |
NA |
| Total | 1,102 (75) | 2,000 (76) | 77 | 1,365 (78) | 1,063 (87) | −22 |
Abbreviation: NA = not applicable.
* Civil unrest and insecurity since a coup d'état in April 2012 continued to constrain program operations in regions with endemic dracunculiasis (Gao, Kidal, Mopti, and Timbuktu) during 2019–June 2020.
† One case was reported from Cameroon in 2019 in a village approximately 1 mile (1.5 km) from the Chad-Cameroon border. This is believed to have been acquired in Chad.
§ One human case and three infected dogs detected in an area of Cameroon near the border with Chad in February–March 2020 might have also been infected in Chad.
¶ In Chad, primarily dogs, some cats; in Ethiopia, dogs, cats, and baboons; in Mali, dogs and cats; in Angola, one dog.