June 15, 2020, 9:00 am
By Kelly Callahan
Kelly Callahan, M.P.H., is director of the Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program.
When COVID-19 appeared, the first thing public health experts advised us all to do was to wash our hands frequently and thoroughly. This is excellent advice, and it’s what the Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program has been teaching people for 20 years.
As humans, changing our behavior is …
May 11, 2020, 12:23 pm
By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the CEO of The Carter Center.
At this time of great challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been deeply moved by the commitment of our Carter Center staff to our mission to help the world’s poorest people. Indeed, our aim to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope has never been more …
July 1, 2019, 4:10 pm
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center’s John Goodman, associate director in the Conflict Resolution Program, spoke recently to Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque in Bamako, Mali, about ongoing violence and instability in Mali and how the people there have seen few, if any, dividends from the peace agreement signed four years ago.
The Carter Center is serving as the Independent Observer of the 2015 …
March 14, 2018, 8:37 am
By Kelly Callahan
Hard work for a good cause can be its own reward. It’s even better when you have results to show for it. In 2018 The Carter Center is marking 20 years of impact against trachoma, the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness.
