Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, a new exhibition at The American Museum of Natural History, developed in collaboration with The Carter Center, highlights global efforts to contain, eliminate, or eradicate diseases including polio, elephantiasis, river blindness, and malaria. Guinea worm, a painful parasite that once affected millions of people each year, may soon be relegated to the past. Thanks to improved health education and community efforts, only 148 cases were reported in 2013. This case study, created for the American Museum of Natural History exhibition Countdown to Zero, reveals how health workers and epidemiologists track guinea worm’s spread in an effort to eliminate the disease permanently. Learn more about the exhibition, which is free with Museum admission: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/countdown-to-zero Countdown to Zero is presented by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with The Carter Center, Atlanta, and is proudly supported by Clarke, Public Health Mosquito Control Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Lions Clubs International Foundation Mectizan Donation Program Vestergaard Science Bulletins is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), part of the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History. RELATED LINKS Countdown to Zero: Guinea Worm Disease http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/countdown-to-zero-guinea-worm-disease Carter Center Guinea Worm Eradication Program http://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html CDC: Guinea Worm Disease http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/guineaworm/ WHO: The Global Eradication Campaign http://www.who.int/dracunculiasis/eradication/en/