19.09.2002 - Source: American University of Cairo - Forced Migration and Refugee Studies

Global 2000, The Carter Centre ("Report on the Situation of IDPs and Refugees in Northern Sudan: Findings of an exploratory study September 2002 (by Gina Bekker)") [#12484],  [ID 13093]

"Global 2000, The Carter Centre, operational in Sudan since 1995, collaborates closely with
UNICEF, WHO and other organisations in the eradication of guinea worm. Global 2000
serves as the Secretariat to MoH for the national Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication
Programme (SGWEP). The agency plans to continue support to the SGWEP, currently
operational in 18 of the 26 States where guinea worm is endemic, including the provision of
materials, training of volunteers in each endemic village and implementation of interventions
to prevent transmission. Global 2000 also serves as the collaborating NGO with MoH in the
control of onchocerciasis (river blindness), which is endemic in the Bahr Al Ghazal and
Equatoria regions.
OLS southern sector: Global 2000 provides technical assistance and lead coordination for
OLS in guinea worm eradication in southern Sudan. Global 2000 works with NGOs as
implementing partners."

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