TABLE 2. Number of reported indigenous dracunculiasis cases, by country –– worldwide, January 2020–June 2022.
| Country | No. (% contained) |
% Change Jan–Dec 2020 to Jan–Dec 2021 | No. (% contained) |
% Change Jan–Jun 2021 to Jan–Jun 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan–Dec 2020 | Jan–Dec 2021 | Jan–Jun 2021 | Jan–Jun 2022 | |||
|
Human cases
| ||||||
| Chad |
12 (42) |
8 (75) |
−33 |
4 (75) |
3 (33) |
−25 |
| Ethiopia |
11 (100) |
1 (100) |
−91 |
1 (100) |
0 (—) |
−100 |
| Mali* |
1 (0) |
2 (50) |
100 |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
| South Sudan |
1 (100) |
4 (25) |
300 |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
| Angola |
1 (0) |
0 (—) |
−100 |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
| Cameroon† |
1 (100) |
0 (—) |
−100 |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
|
Total
|
27 (67)
|
15 (60)
|
−44 |
5 (80)
|
3 (33)
|
−40 |
|
Animal infections
§
| ||||||
| Chad |
1,571 (81) |
833 (81) |
−47 |
438 (79) |
264 (71) |
−40 |
| Ethiopia |
15 (73) |
3 (67) |
−80 |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
| Mali |
9 (56) |
17 (59) |
89 |
2 (100) |
2 (100) |
0 |
| Cameroon† |
6 (100) |
10 (100) |
67 |
10 (100) |
26 (100) |
160 |
| South Sudan |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
| Angola |
0 (—) |
0 (—) |
NA |
0 (—) |
7 (0) |
NA |
| Total | 1,601 (81) | 863 (80) | −46 | 450 (80) | 299 (72) | −34 |
Abbreviations: GWEP = Guinea Worm Eradication Program; NA = not applicable.
* Civil unrest and insecurity since a coup d'état in 2012 continued to constrain GWEP operations (i.e., supervision, surveillance, and interventions) in regions with endemic dracunculiasis (Gao, Kidal, Mopti, Segou, and Timbuktu) during January 2020–June 2021.
† One human case, 38 infected dogs, and one cat were detected in an area of Cameroon near the border with Chad during January 2020–June 2022; these infections are believed to have been acquired in Chad.
§ In 2021, Chad reported infections in dogs and some cats; Ethiopia reported infections in dogs, cats, and baboons; and Mali reported infections in dogs and one cat; in 2020, Angola reported infections in dogs and Cameroon in dogs and one cat.