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| | International Peacemaking and Human Rights Programs - Mauritania- CarterCenter.org |
 | | When Mauritania established a national eradication program in 1995, five regions were endemic: Assaba, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Brakna, and Tagant. |
 | | By the following year, only three regions remained endemic to Guinea worm disease: Assaba, Gorgol, and Guidimaka. |
 | | To help traverse the deserts and reach isolated and remote areas, camels, horses, and donkeys are used to implement monthly supervision of training and case reporting. |
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