Jimmy Carter's legacy includes a major medical contribution: the eradication of guinea worm disease. Learn about this ancient ...
In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program ...
By Spoorthy Raman Among New Guinea’s rainforest inhabitants is a group of birds called pitohuis, chatty songbirds that stand ...
Hattiesburg native, Don Denard said he didn't have to wait to hear those stories because he was with the president often at a ...
The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After ...
The Nobel prizewinner worked tirelessly with wife Rosalynn Carter to eradicate Guinea-worm disease.
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.
Like he did at his grandmother Rosalynn’s funeral last year, Jason, 49, used the opportunity to humanize his family’s larger-than-life patriarch. Standing before all five living former presidents, he ...
The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...
Former President Jimmy Carter passed away at 100 years old, and his funeral service is being held on Thursday, January 9.
During and after his presidency, President Carter also demonstrated the political and moral leadership of the United States over and over again, and its role in advancing global security, ...