Update: dracunculiasis eradication--Pakistan, 1994.

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease)--a disabling infection that affects persons in 16 African and three Asian countries--has been targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for global eradication by the end of 1995. A total of 221,055 cases were reported to WHO for 1993 (1). Efforts to eradicate dracunculiasis in each of the 19 affected countries are focused on interrupting all transmission. This report summarizes the impact of Pakistan's Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)