An ancient disease is being cornered, village by village, in Angola

Angola's Ministry of Health, WHO, The Carter Center and the Cunene Provincial Health Office ran a joint mission to Humbe and Cuanhama municipalities to step up community surveillance for Guinea worm, with national certification of eradication targeted by 2030. Dr. Nzuzi Katondi, head of WHO's dracunculiasis eradication program in Angola, pointed to community surveillance as the primary tool.