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Filmmaker highlights misery caused by Guinea worm

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Foul Water/Fiery Serpent chronicles last effort to eradicate disease

Guinea worm disease, which still exists in areas of extreme poverty, is likely to be the next disease to be eradicated. Found in areas where people don't have access to clean drinking water Guinea worm can disable entire communities. Film maker Gary Strieker spent three years chronicling the efforts to eradicate the last Guinea worms in Ghana and the Sudan and talks to Global Health TV about producing his film Foul Water/Fiery Serpent.

Link: http://www.foulwaterfieryserpent.com