IN BRIEF (Page 19)

Disease nearly conquered

Health workers are on the verge of eradicating Guinea worm disease in what would be just the second time in history a disease has been wiped from the planet. Cheap interventions such as hygiene education, using larvicides to kill the worm and distributing cheap cloths to help filter parasites from drinking water have cut the infection rate by 99 percent, reports the Carter Center founded by former US President Jimmy Carter.

Brain injury link to disease