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Uganda: Suspected Guinea Worm Outbreak Reported in Kitgum
By Dominic Ochola & Richard Otto, 26 September 2013
Doctors in Kitgum are investigating a report of suspected outbreak of Guinea Worm Disease (GWD) in the district ten years after World Health Organization (WHO) declared Uganda a guinea worm free country.
The suspected case was reported last week in Akara Labot-lwonga village, Pajong parish in Mucwini Sub County where a 72-year-old woman, Esther Lamwaka exhibited prospective signs and symptoms of the disease also called dracunculiasis...
Uganda: Suspected Guinea Worm Outbreak Reported in Kitgum
By Dominic Ochola & Richard Otto, 26 September 2013
Doctors in Kitgum are investigating a report of suspected outbreak of Guinea Worm Disease (GWD) in the district ten years after World Health Organization (WHO) declared Uganda a guinea worm free country.
The suspected case was reported last week in Akara Labot-lwonga village, Pajong parish in Mucwini Sub County where a 72-year-old woman, Esther Lamwaka exhibited prospective signs and symptoms of the disease also called dracunculiasis...