February 5, 2018, 2:23 pm
By The Carter Center
Play our puzzle! Find peace, health, and hope words in the Carter Center’s Word Search below.
January 8, 2018, 4:52 pm
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center has observed more than 100 elections around the world. How do we decide where to go? What does an election observer do? Avery Davis-Roberts, who manages the Center’s Democratic Election Standards Project, explains.
Learn more about the Center’s Democracy Program >…
December 13, 2017, 8:59 am
By Adamu Sallau
Scientific or logistical challenges aren’t the only issues Carter Center personnel have to deal with while tracking down, treating, and preventing neglected tropical diseases in remote places. Cultural issues often play a role as well, and we have to handle them respectfully and sensitively.
For example, in many places, ponds and rivers are considered to be sacred dwelling places of …
December 1, 2017, 12:15 pm
By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the chief executive officer of The Carter Center.
We all know Benjamin Franklin’s proverb “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It makes sense to try to keep a bad thing from happening rather than to try to fix the mess that results if you let the bad thing happen. This …
November 21, 2017, 9:08 am
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center and Emory University celebrate an amazing 35-year partnership in 2017, a rare and productive union between a nongovernmental organization and a leading institution of higher education. Together, our reach has improved the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people through disease prevention, conflict resolution, and the strengthening of human rights and democracy.
November 13, 2017, 12:23 pm
By Jason Kibiswa Bulambo
Jason Kibiswa Bulambo, 34, is a technical trainer for the Youth Initiative project at the Carter Center’s Human Rights House (HRH) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He recently created a large mural at the HRH Kinshasa office.
The Human Rights House operates three neighborhood Youth Houses, or Maisons des Jeunes — two in Kinshasa and one in Goma …
October 27, 2017, 7:52 am
By Jordan Ryan
Jordan Ryan is vice president, peace programs, at The Carter Center.
Over the course of six recent posts, I shared some of the approaches to waging peace that that The Carter Center and its founder, former President Jimmy Carter, have developed or learned over many years.
1. Gain perspective.
2. One size does not fit all.
3. Patience and persistence …
October 3, 2017, 3:55 pm
By The Carter Center
If you know someone who lives with anxiety, you won’t want to miss this podcast with Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow Andrea Petersen. Petersen describes how she transformed “from a slightly silly sorority girl to a terrorized shut-in in just a few weeks’ time.”
Her medical odyssey and numerous ER visits finally led to an anxiety disorder diagnosis and …
September 25, 2017, 10:52 am
By Jordan Ryan
Jordan Ryan is vice president, peace programs, at The Carter Center.
The Carter Center’s motto is “Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope.” In these times, the task for peacemakers is urgent.
In this series of posts, I have been sharing some of the approaches to waging peace that that The Carter Center and its founder, former President Jimmy Carter, have …
August 25, 2017, 9:15 am
By Dean G. Sienko
Dr. Dean G. Sienko, Vice President, Health Programs, The Carter Center
At The Carter Center, we never want anyone to be dependent on us. All of our programs are designed to solve problems, and to help our partners build their own capability, resiliency, and self-reliance. We believe in meaningful partnerships, not only with donors and governments but also—and most importantly—with …
August 15, 2017, 3:53 pm
By Jordan Ryan
Jordan Ryan is vice president, peace programs, at The Carter Center.
The task for peacemakers today is urgent.
In a series of posts on this blog, I share some of the approaches to waging peace that that The Carter Center and its founder, former President Jimmy Carter, have developed or learned over many years.
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Principle No. 5: You have …
August 3, 2017, 7:14 am
By The Carter Center
Juliana Onwumere is a neglected tropical disease coordinator in Imo state ministry of health. As The Carter Center and partners fight to eliminate river blindness disease in Nigeria, one of Onwumere’s tasks is to collect black flies to be tested for evidence of the disease.
The Carter Center is one of eight semi-finalists in the MacArthur Foundation competition for …
July 31, 2017, 8:03 am
By The Carter Center
Millions will be spared future suffering thanks to collaborative efforts of The Carter Center and Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health to address widespread neglected diseases such river blindness. Hear from Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Isaac Adewole, on the importance of this partnership.
The Carter Center is one of eight semi-finalists in the MacArthur Foundation competition for a $100 …
July 20, 2017, 12:41 pm
By Frank Richards
Dr. Frank Richards leads the Carter Center’s efforts to eliminate river blindness (also known as onchocerciasis), a parasitic disease transmitted by the bites of infected black flies.
There’s a famous line in the movie “Jaws” – after the stunned sheriff sees the monster shark for the first time, he says to the shark hunter: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”…
