Tsetse Traps   Pipe Filter

Pipe Filter The Pipe Filter is a simple mechanical filter (125 micron) used in the Carter Center’s Global 2000 program that aims to eradicate Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center is an aid organization set up by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The Pipe Filter is a plastic pipe with a stainless steel mesh that filters out guinea worm larvae from contaminated water. So far, Vestergaard Frandsen has supplied 23 million Pipe Filters to the Carter Center, which have been distributed throughout Africa in countries such as Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mauritania.