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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October 5, 2011, 3:21 pm
Britain to Help Carter Center Secure Worldwide Eradication of Worm Disease
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
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 …
March 17, 2011, 11:18 am
Carter Center Health Programs and Partners Celebrate Record Progress, 35.8 Million Treatments in Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases in 2010
The Carter Center’s health programs enabled a record 35.8 million treatments in 2010 to protect against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in thousands of communities in some of the most remote and forgotten places in Africa and the Americas.
Since 1986, The Carter Center has been a leader in the control, elimination, and eradication of neglected diseases, working at the grassroots …
February 18, 2011, 4:12 pm
Nigeria, Niger Receive Carter Center Awards for Guinea Worm Eradication
The Carter Center Awards for Guinea Worm Eradication were presented to Nigeria and Niger during a special ceremony held Feb. 17, 2011, in Atlanta, Ga.
The two countries, which share a border, join 14 other nations that have wiped out Guinea worm disease since The Carter Center spearheaded the international eradication campaign in 1986. Nigeria—formerly the most Guinea worm-endemic country …
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 …
December 21, 2010, 10:20 am
Jimmy Carter’s Dream of Eradication: CNN Impact Your World
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter discusses the Carter Center’s efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Learn more about the Center’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program >
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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 …
October 12, 2010, 4:01 pm
Signing Ceremony Takes Place at The Carter Center: Guinea Worm Eradication and River Blindness Elimination Receive Major Boost with US $1 Million Donation from OPEC Fund
Today, during a special ceremony in Atlanta, former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter received on behalf of The Carter Center two new pledges—$500,000 toward the Guinea Worm Eradication Program and $500,000 toward the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA)—from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), represented by His Excellency Director General Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish. The …
February 11, 2010, 7:57 pm
Fighting Guinea Worm in Molujore Village, Southern Sudan
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Central Equatoria State Governor Clement Wani Konga, and Commissioner Clement Maring Samuel today urged intensification of efforts to wipe out Guinea worm disease–a waterborne parasitic infection–in the remote village of Molujore, Terekeka County, Southern Sudan. The village visit was followed by a press conference at the Assembly Hall in Juba, with representatives from Sudan’s Ministry …
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