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- Guinea Worm Global Eradication Program
Guinea Worm Global Eradication Program
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Health |
Approved | 24.06.1997 |
Signed | 04.07.1997 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Executing Agency | The Carter Center, WHO, Ministries of Health |
Co-financiers | OPEC Fund, Government of Norway, Kuwaiti Fund, Government of Canada, USAID, Saudi Arabia, Government of the Netherlands, Others |
Organization | CARTER CENTER |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.15 |
Total Project Cost (USDm) | 14.40 |
The program, whose annual budget was US$4.8 million, aimed at helping national programs to raise the level of case detection (surveillance), case containment and reporting on the guinea worm or dracunculiasis in endemic villages, as well as preventing disease transmission.