Vietnam reports 24 cases of Guinea-worm disease, once confined to Africa The most recent case was reported in August 2024

Wow- I saw in my #promedmail alerts today that since 2020, there have been sporadic cases of dracunculiasis in Viet Nam after it was previously declared free of the parasitic disease in 1998! #Dracunculiasis is often called 'Guinea worm' or 'Dragon worm' in Viet Nam: tuoitrenews.vn/news/society...