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A Guinea worm is beginning to come out of a sore it has created on a woman's foot. The woman was using traditional medicine to treat the ulcer. Guinea worm disease was a big problem in this region, but with education and water pump projects, the disease has almost been eradicated.

by Vilayphonh Khamphilanouvong
Sarakope, Togo (1999)

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