Jimmy Carter Fought To End Guinea Worm Infection
In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program ...
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Jimmy Carter Worked to Eradicate the Vicious Guinea Worm Parasite, Slashing Cases by the Millions
The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...
Jimmy Carter wanted to see Guinea worm disease eradicated. He came very close.
Jimmy Carter hoped to outlive the Guinea worm — and he came achingly close. Carter helped lead a decades-long campaign ...
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Jimmy Carter's legacy: The eradication of guinea worm disease
Jimmy Carter's legacy includes a major medical contribution: the eradication of guinea worm disease. Learn about this ancient ...
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
JARWENG, South Sudan — Noble Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ...
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Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm
Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one ...
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Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed
If someone with Guinea worm has contact with water the worm may release tens of thousands of baby worms, contaminating the whole body of water.
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Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water tainted with larvae that grow inside the body into worms as much as 3-feet-long. The noodle ...
After entering hospice care, Carter kept asking for updates on war to eliminate Guinea worm
Even after being diagnosed with brain cancer, Carter remained focused: “I’d like the last Guinea worm to die before I do,” he told reporters in 2015.