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 achievements that have contributed to improving the health of humankind.” The NFID, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals about infectious disease, has given the award …
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March 7, 2013, 4:10 pm
Dr. Adetokunbo O. Lucas Honored With 2013 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award
By The Carter Center
January 31, 2013, 12:34 pm
ABATE and the Crocodile
By The Carter Center
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 people to filter potentially infested water to remove Guinea worm-carrying copepods
Educating people with emerging Guinea worms to avoid public water sources, such as ponds, to prevent contaminating them
Empowering village
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January 17, 2013, 11:30 am
Virtual Media Roundtable – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Releases Guinea Worm Case Numbers for 2012
By The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Guinea worm experts Drs. Donald R. Hopkins and Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben will host a media roundtable via Google+ Hangout to announce the provisional Guinea worm case totals for 2012 and discuss significant progress in the international Guinea worm eradication campaign led by The Carter Center.
December 17, 2012, 10:18 am
It’s the End of the World…for Guinea Worm Disease
By The Carter Center
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 be the inspiration of the modern symbol for medicine. Found today only in the most isolated and neglected communities of the world, Guinea worm disease once …
September 13, 2012, 12:04 pm
Making Medical History: BASF Donation Helps Stop Two Neglected Diseases
By The Carter Center
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 river blindness, two neglected tropical diseases that prey on some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities. Both campaigns are on the verge of accomplishing public …
August 15, 2012, 10:00 am
Additional Air Dates Set for “Foul Water Fiery Serpent” Guinea Worm Documentary
By The Carter Center
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 national health partners, as well as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter — engaged in a final battle to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa. The film will air Aug. …
March 26, 2012, 8:09 am
Foul Water Fiery Serpent: Guinea Worm Documentary to Air on American Public Television Stations Nationwide
By The Carter Center
“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 — engaged in a final battle to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa, will air on American Public Television stations nationwide beginning April 1. Click here for a list of …
January 3, 2012, 11:57 am
Building Better Lives, Brick by Brick
By The Carter Center
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 …
October 5, 2011, 3:21 pm
Britain to Help Carter Center Secure Funding For Worldwide Eradication of Worm Disease
By The Carter Center
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 disease has entered its final stage to end this gruesome waterborne parasitic infection.
“The poorest, most isolated, most neglected, quite often, the most hopeless people, on earth…now have new hope that their …
July 5, 2011, 1:21 pm
Health Workers Overcome Logistical Challenges to Battle Guinea Worm in Southern Sudan
By The Carter Center
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 …
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