Communities mobilize to end Guinea-worm disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
To permanently break the cycle of transmission, the Ministry of Health, with WHO’s support has trained over 500 community health volunteers to detect symptoms of the disease and raise public awareness
Salomon Kosoma, a fisherman and farmer in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is also a community mobilizer with a strong commitment to the prevention and control of Guinea-worm disease also known as dracunculiasis. In his fifties, Salomon decided to be part of the control effort when…