Guinea Worm Disease 2025 Article. That was brought down to 3.5 million by 1986, and, more recently, numbers have been steadily falling. Since 2012, infections in dogs, cats, and baboons have posed a new challenge for gwep, as have ongoing civil unrest and insecurity in some areas.

Only 14 cases of infection with guinea worm—a parasite that causes painful skin. The current and historical values for the status of guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) as certified by the who.