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This paper presents a preliminary assessment of the geographic extent and estimates of the incidence and the population at risk of dracunculiasis in Africa. Nineteen countries are known to be affected, in a belt extending right across the northern part of the continent south of 18 degrees N, and in east Africa extending almost to the equator. Annual incidence is estimated to be 3.32 million, and the at-risk population is approximately 120 million. These data provide an initial baseline on which the success of control measures now being initiated in Africa can be assessed.
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