How to Use Guinea worm in a Sentence

Guinea worm

noun
  • His concern was for the Guinea worm program.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This was very clearly, from the beginning, about the Guinea worm eradication program and everybody who played a role in that.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The World Health Organization uses this data in its Guinea worm reporting.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Thirty-eight years later — at the time of his death in 2024 — the late president's Guinea worm eradication program counted a mere 14 cases.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Defeating a disease through persuasion Guinea worm would be the second human disease to be eradicated in history, following smallpox.
    Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That child turned into a Guinea worm warrior, now turned into a philanthropist and an activist amongst his people, who is teaching underprivileged communities in South Sudan and building schools.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Guinea worm eradication program is inching closer to completion, with a mere 10 cases of the debilitating illness reported in 2025, the Carter Center announced on Friday.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026

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