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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

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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Posted in Guinea Worm Disease Eradication, Health, International Task Force for Disease Eradication, Jimmy Carter, River Blindness, Rosalynn Carter

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

By The Carter Center

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 …

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Posted in Guinea Worm Disease Eradication, Health, International Task Force for Disease Eradication, Lymphatic Filariasis, Malaria, River Blindness, Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia), Trachoma Control
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