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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July 5, 2011, 1:21 pm
Health Workers Overcome Logistical Challenges to Battle Guinea Worm in Southern Sudan
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 Guinea Worm Eradication Program, together with The Carter Center, has almost 10,000 dedicated local health workers on the ground, working everywhere from the bustling capital of Juba to …
January 10, 2011, 3:11 pm
Carter Center Observers Monitor Southern Sudan Referendum on Self-Determination
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
Carter Center observers remain deployed across Sudan and in out-of-country voting locations as voting continues in the referendum on the self-determination of Southern Sudan. Here are images from across Juba on days one and two of voting. Carter Center Photos: D. Hakes
Men in line waiting to vote …
January 6, 2011, 1:01 pm
Sudan Referendum Begins Jan. 9; Observers Prepare to Deploy
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
More than 100 Carter Center observers will be deployed across Sudan and in eight out-of-country voting locations to witness voting in the referendum for the self-determination of Southern Sudan, as part of one of the Center’s largest observation missions. Most observers are currently being briefed in Juba, Sudan, …
December 29, 2010, 3:30 pm
Carter Center Prepares to Observe Sudan Referendum
The people of South Sudan will vote beginning Jan. 9 to decide whether they wish to remain unified with the North or to form a separate country. Hear more about the significance of the upcoming referendum, the challenges ahead, and the Carter Center’s contribution to the process:
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Read “Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Joseph Warioba, …
November 15, 2010, 11:02 am
Guinea Worm Eradication Campaign in Southern Sudan Makes Progress, Faces Challenges
Despite challenges posed by insecurity in Southern Sudan, the region continues to see major reductions in cases of Guinea worm disease. From January to September 2010, only 1,549* cases were identified compared to 2,523 cases over the same period in 2009.
Sudan ended its peak season for transmission of the water-borne Guinea worm parasite in September, and few additional cases …
April 15, 2010, 10:42 am
Final Day of Voting in Sudan; Carter Center Observes Across Country
By Deborah Hakes
Watch Carter Center observers in Sudan as Sarah Johnson, assistant director of the Democracy Program, explains the significance of these elections and importance of having an observer presence.
April 12, 2010, 6:10 pm
Elections Begin in Sudan; Carter Center Observes
By Deborah Hakes
In Sudan, people across the country began voting on Sunday. Here are images from the first two days of balloting. This is the 78th election observed by The Carter Center.
April 9, 2010, 3:28 pm
Carter Center Deploys Observers Throughout Sudan; Voting Begins Sunday
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
Sudan’s historic elections, the country’s first in 24 years, begin on Sunday and will include nearly one week of voting and counting the ballots. The Carter Center deployed approximately 70 observers to Sudan’s 25 states. Campaigning officially ended today, and in Khartoum, election materials were packed up on …
April 8, 2010, 11:40 am
Jimmy Carter to Lead Delegation to Observe Sudan Elections
By Deborah Hakes
The Carter Center announced today that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Algerian Foreign Minister and member of the Elders Lakhdar Brahimi, Judge Joseph Warioba, and Carter Center President and CEO Dr. John Hardman will lead the Center’s international election observation delegation to observe Sudan’s elections, which are scheduled to begin on April 11.
The Center’s long-term observers have assessed …
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