Eradication du ver de Guinée

This fabric displays a World Health Organization campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. The disease is caused by a parasite and transmitted via contaminated drinking water. One image shows a woman with a baby on her back filtering water through a cloth. The second image shows a man supporting himself with a crutch. He is unable to walk due to the worm emerging from his foot. There is an image of a worm wound around a stick, a common extraction method. There are two pitchers of water: the one with the cloth filter contains clean water, the unfiltered water has parasites swimming in it. The background shows a pattern of black designs that resemble parasites. The red circles contains a drawing that resembles the WHO emblem. Text (French; English): Cible 1995; Target 1995; Eradication du Ver de Guinée; Eradication of Guinea Worm. Produced in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. Donated by John Hutchison The selvage reads “FASO FANI”