Slaying little dragons: the impact of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program on dracunculiasis disability averted from 1990 to 2016 by Cromwell, EA, Roy, S, Sankara, DP, Weiss, A, Stanaway, J, Goldberg, E, Pigott, DM, Larson, H, Vollset, SE, Krohn, K, Foreman, K, Hotez, P, Bhutta, Z, Bekele, BB, Edessa, D, Kassembaum, N, Mokdad, A, Murray, CJL, Hay, SI

“…<strong>Background:</strong> The objective of this study was to document the worldwide decline of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease, GWD) burden, expressed as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), from 1990 to 2016, as estimated in the Global Burden of Disease study 2016 (GBD 2016). …”