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Health Workers Overcome Logistical Challenges to Battle Guinea Worm in...
With approximately 95 percent of the world’s remaining Guinea worm cases, South Sudan looks to be the final battleground in the fight to wipe out this debilitating worm worldwide. The Southern Sudan...
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Britain to Help Carter Center Secure Funding For Worldwide Eradication of...
In London today, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter addressed an audience of international journalists and partners to announce that the Carter Center-led global campaign to eradicate Guinea worm...
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Building Better Lives, Brick by Brick
The Carter Center works in some of the world’s most remote and impoverished communities. These are areas beyond where the road ends, with no power grid, and limited access to outside markets. For...
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Foul Water Fiery Serpent: Guinea Worm Documentary to Air on American Public...
“Foul Water Fiery Serpent,” a documentary feature film that follows dedicated health workers — including Carter Center staff and national health partners, as well as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter...
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Additional Air Dates Set for “Foul Water Fiery Serpent” Guinea Worm Documentary
An additional air date has been added across the U.S. for “Foul Water Fiery Serpent,” an independent documentary feature film that follows dedicated health workers — including Carter Center staff and...
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Making Medical History: BASF Donation Helps Stop Two Neglected Diseases
The Carter Center and BASF continue to work together to make medical history in Africa. The latest donation of nearly 6,000 liters of the BASF larvicide ABATE® will be used to combat Guinea worm and...
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It’s the End of the World…for Guinea Worm Disease
The staff of Asclepius, an ancient symbol of medicine, is believed to be inspired by Guinea worm disease. It’s the horrific plague, the “fiery serpent” of the Bible, found in Egyptian mummies, and may...
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Virtual Media Roundtable – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Releases Guinea...
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Guinea worm experts Drs. Donald R. Hopkins and Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben hosted a media roundtable via Google+ Hangout On Air to announce the provisional...
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ABATE and the Crocodile
There is no vaccine or medicine to fight Guinea worm disease; instead, The Carter Center uses four main interventions to lead the international campaign against the debilitating parasite: Teaching...
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Dr. Adetokunbo O. Lucas Honored With 2013 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter...
On March 5, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) awarded Dr. Adetokunbo O. Lucas the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award for Dr. Lucas’ “outstanding humanitarian efforts and...
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Carter Center’s Dr. Hopkins Receives Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University
During its commencement ceremonies May 30, Harvard University presented Carter Center Vice President of Health Programs Dr. Donald Hopkins with an honorary Doctor of Science degree for his leadership...
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Jimmy Carter, New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, and Carter Center’s Donald...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Carter Center Contact: Emily Staub, 404-420-5126, Emily.Staub@emory.edu ATLANTA… On Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. ET, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, New York Times Op-Ed...
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Watch President Carter’s Remarks to the 67th World Health Assembly
“Today, let us renew our resolve to ensure that 2014 is the last year the world reports cases of Guinea worm disease.” – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter In May, President Carter and World Health...
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Q & A with a Guinea Worm Worker in South Sudan
Tara Brant spent four-and-a-half years working in South Sudan on the front lines of the war on Guinea worm disease. She was a technical assistant and regional coordinator charged with ensuring each...
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Artifacts Paint Picture of Eradication Campaign
A special exhibition exploring the challenges and benefits of eradicating disease runs Jan. 13 – July 12, 2015, at the American Museum of Natural History. Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease,...
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Five Important Facts About Guinea Worm
Donald Hopkins, M.D., is special advisor to the Guinea Worm Eradication Program at The Carter Center and has been leading the effort to eradicate this neglected disease for over 25 years. Listen below...
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Watch President Carter Behind the Scenes of ‘Countdown to Zero: Defeating...
In this exclusive interview, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter ventures behind-the-scenes of “Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease,” an exhibition created in collaboration with the American Museum of...
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Watch President Jimmy Carter’s Remarks this Week to the 2017 WHO’s Global...
Watch the video below to hear former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s remarks at the 2017 World Health Organization’s Global Partners Meeting in Geneva on the worldwide effort to reduce the burden of...
View ArticleCarter Center Provides Pounds of Prevention
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the chief executive officer of The Carter Center. We all know Benjamin Franklin’s proverb “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It makes sense to try...
View ArticleCenter Staffer Lays His Life on the Line
Scientific or logistical challenges aren’t the only issues Carter Center personnel have to deal with while tracking down, treating, and preventing neglected tropical diseases in remote places. Cultural...
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