The Tail End of Guinea Worm — Global Eradication without a Drug or a Vaccine

Thanks to a two-decade campaign, guinea worm disease is about to be eradicated without any drug therapy or vaccine. Dr. Michele Barry writes that its demise will be proof that people can be persuaded to change their behavior through innovative health education. Former President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Donald Hopkins, vice president for health programs at the Carter Center, discuss the strategy they have pursued in mobilizing poor village communities to help eradicate guinea worm disease worldwide.