1. The condition is known as dracunculiasis or guinea-worm disease.

2. In 2009, only 3190 cases of dracunculiasis were reported while in the 1989 the estimated number of cases was almost 900 000.

3. Guinea worm (dracunculiasis) control efforts have resulted in a 97% reduction in cases since 1986.

4. In 2008, only 4 619 cases of dracunculiasis were reported while in the mid-1980s the estimated number of cases was 3.5 million.

5. Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on verge of eradication, with fewer than 1 800 cases reported in 2010.

6. To be declared free of dracunculiasis, a country needs to have reported zero transmission and afterwards maintained active surveillance for at least three years.

7. Dracunculiasis (more commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long thread-like worm.

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8. Dracunculiasis is rarely fatal but infected people become non-functional for months.

9. Dracunculiasis is the second disease which is approaching eradication (the first being smallpox) and it occurs only after people drink contaminated water.

10. They worked to increase activism and donations to the Global Dracunculiasis Eradication Campaign.

11. They worked to increase activism and donations to the Global Dracunculiasis Eradication Campaign. That is the technical name for Guinea worm disease.

12. Since 1995 the ICCDE has met seven times and on its recommendation WHO has certified 187 countries and territories as free of dracunculiasis.

13. They were working to promote the activism and donations for the Global Dracunculiasis Eradication Campaign.

14. They work worked to increase activism and donations to the Global Dracunculiasis Eradication Campaign.