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 health workers striving to eliminate Guinea worm disease in South Sudan, this means many essential items, like building supplies for a new case containment center, are virtually …
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November 28, 2011, 5:22 pm
Carter Center Observes Challenging DRC Elections, Committed to Country’s Long-Term Stability
By The Carter Center
On Nov. 28, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is holding its second democratic multi-party national elections since gaining independence in 1960, and the first to be administered solely by the country’s election commission. Elections in 2006 were overseen by the United Nations.
Photo: G. Dubourthoumieu/The Carter Center
A Congolese woman casts her vote in a polling station in …
November 11, 2011, 10:37 am
The Carter Center Congratulates Latin American Countries for Major Strides Toward the Elimination of River Blindness
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center and its Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) are pleased to congratulate three Latin American countries on their recent progress toward eliminating river blindness (onchocerciasis).
Today at the sixteenth annual InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis – sponsored by The Carter Center, the Pan American Health Organization, the Lions Clubs International Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates …
November 7, 2011, 2:13 pm
DRC Deaf Voter Education Empowers Those With No Voice
By Max Lockie
Carter Center long-term observer Max Lockie is based in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Center established an office in Kinshasa in August and deployed 10 long-term observers to seven provinces: Kinshasa, Bas-Congo, Oriental Province, North Kivu, South Kivu, Katanga, and Kasai Oriental. In September, the Center deployed another 10 long-term observers to the remaining provinces. They will be …
October 17, 2011, 10:49 am
Georgia Institute of Technology Professor “Computes for Good” with Carter Center’s Mental Health Project in Liberia
By Paige Rohe
Paige Rohe is assistant director, news and information, of the Carter Center’s Office of Public Information.
A torrential rain began in Monrovia, Liberia, causing the power to flicker and the Internet to shut down, but Georgia Institute of Technology professor Dr. Ellen Zegura didn’t let the disruption stop the computer and software training session she was holding with Liberia’s first …
October 12, 2011, 1:39 pm
Voting Day: Liberia’s Oct. 11 Presidential and Legislative Elections
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes, assistant director of the Carter Center’s Office of Public Information, reports from Liberia, where the Carter Center’s international election observation team monitored the country’s Oct. 11 elections.
All Photos: D. Hakes/The Carter Center
Liberians lined up to vote on a rainy morning in Monrovia on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Credible elections in 2011 are a key test of whether …
October 3, 2011, 9:51 am
On the Ground in Northwest Tunisia: Rural Voters Hope Elections Bring Much-Needed Change
By Marwa Alkhairo
Marwa Alkhairo is a Carter Center long-term election observer in northwest Tunisia and Bizerte.
“La bas alaik” and “ca va,” means “are you well,” one phrase said in Arabic, and one in French.
These two greetings are indicative of the complexity that one immediately notices upon reaching northwest Tunisia. A largely rural area that is proud of its Arab and …
October 3, 2011, 8:12 am
Friends Celebrate 10th Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter
By The Carter Center
Watch live Carter Center webcast Oct. 13.
A group of former leaders and human rights experts serve as a watchdog to threats against democratic stability in the Americas and as a voice to strengthen, promote, and protect democracy and human rights. The group aims to bolster the effectiveness of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, approved on Sept. 11, 2001, by all …
August 17, 2011, 4:21 pm
Liberia’s First Mental Health Clinicians Deploy to Fight Disease, Build Hope
By Paige Rohe
Torrential rains in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday morning did not deter dozens of family members and friends from arriving at the Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts hours before graduation ceremonies for the nation’s first mental health clinicians began. No one wanted to miss their loved one become part of their nation’s history and hope for a better future.
July 19, 2011, 9:42 am
Forum Addresses Media Stereotypes, Politicized Reporting in Latin America
By The Carter Center
Misunderstandings and tensions between Andean countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) and the United States are common, and often reinforced or made worse by charged, politicized reporting in media stories related to these countries.
To address this problem, the Carter Center-sponsored Andean-U.S. Dialogue Forum created a working group of media professionals to promote a deeper understanding of the role …
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