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Two horrifying diseases are close to eradication: polio and Guinea worm disease.
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While our nation continues to mourn the loss of First Lady Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023), here in the Music Division, we are reflecting on her lasting relationships with artists, performers, and creators, both during her time in The White House and the decades that followed.
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Only 13 human cases were reported last year, down from millions in the 1980s. The terrible disease is caused by drinking contaminated water. Former president Jimmy Carter hoped to outlive the Guinea worm, and he just might.
Martin Sheen presented the first-ever CNN Heroes Legacy Award to former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Their granddaughter, Dr. Sarah Carter, accepted the award on their behalf.
As former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 99 some seven months after he entered hospice, the CEO of The Carter Center, Paige Alexander, reflects on his life and legacy.
The Carter Center is celebrating President Carter's 99th birthday in a unique way. More than 14,000 people have submitted birthday messages and pictures for a digital mosaic honoring Carter鈥檚 life and legacy.
As Jimmy Carter, America鈥檚 longest-living president, turns 99 on Oct. 1, his grandson shares what he believes is the secret to his grandfather鈥檚 long life: exercise.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e coming to the end, but they鈥檙e together,鈥� says grandson Jason Carter. 鈥淎nd this is exactly as you would want this last chapter to play out.鈥�
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One of his [last] wishes, he said, was to see the Guinea worm disease finally be eradicated.
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Former President Jimmy Carter鈥檚 grandson and Center Board Chair Jason Carter pays tribute to his grandfather and provides an update on his health. President Carter turns 99 on Oct. 1.
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Hear from the Carter Center's Donald Hopkins as he takes us back to the 1960s in Sierra Leone, where he discovered that successfully eradicating smallpox could be a feasible goal worldwide.
Carter Center expert David Carroll, who leads the Center鈥檚 initiative on standards and best practices in international election observation, discusses Zimbabwe鈥檚 election and key findings from Carter Center observers. Learn more 禄
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Atlanta Business Chronicle names Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander a recipient of their Most Admired CEO Awards which highlight leaders who propel the performance of their organization and strengthen the fabric of the Atlanta community.
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Eve Byrd, director of Mental Health Programs for the Carter Center, said her team has made some recommendations for improving the insurance department鈥檚 new site, 鈥渟o that it鈥檚 more consumer-friendly and includes language accessibility, which is mandated in the Parity Act.鈥�
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In May, the World Health Organization certified that the countries of Benin and Mali had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Six countries in Africa have reached that milestone. The Carter Center believes its program in Mali has helped avert blindness in more than 5 million people, and the antibiotics used to combat trachoma also help prevent infant mortality, the Center said.
A deadly competition between two rival generals in Sudan has derailed anticipated prospects for a transition to civilian rule. As always, it is the Sudanese people who are paying the price, with hundreds of civilians killed or wounded, and more than a million people internally displaced or crossing as refugees into neighboring countries.
While the plan for the foundation鈥檚 mental health and well being is not final, it has made some awards that signal its approach. Among them: a $500,000 grant to the Carter Center to ensure landmark mental-health legislation signed into law in 2022 in Georgia helps as many state residents as possible. Blank, who is also owner of the Atlanta Falcons football and Atlanta United soccer teams, has had a long relationship with former president Jimmy Carter, said Paige Alexander, the Carter Center鈥檚 chief executive. She credited the Blank foundation with 鈥渟eeing what鈥檚 on the horizon鈥� and understanding that Covid has had an impact on the mental health of people from all walks of life.
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The former first lady's public dementia diagnosis is keeping mental health and caregiving 鈥� two topics she's dedicated her career to 鈥� at the forefront of the American conversation.
The wife of former President Jimmy Carter 鈥渃ontinues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring ... and visits with loved ones,鈥� the Carter Center said.
Mrs. Carter has been the nation鈥檚 leading mental health advocate for more than half a century 鈥� first in the Georgia governor鈥檚 mansion, then in the White House and later at The Carter Center.
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Recently, The Carter Center announced that trachoma is no longer a public health problem in Mali. Kelly Callahan, the director of The Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program, stated that people simply need access to resources and tools that will change their lives. In this episode of WABE's 鈥淐loser Look鈥� with Rose Scott, Callahan discusses the Center's global fight to eliminate the highly contagious, preventable tropical disease.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, 95, has dementia, the Carter family announced on May 30. Dementia, which is not a disease but rather a cluster of symptoms that impact thinking and memory skills severely enough to interfere with daily life, affects about 1 in 10 older Americans.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia, The Carter Center announced on Tuesday. "She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones," The Carter Center said in a statement.
Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime advocate for greater access to mental health care, has dementia, the Carter Center said on Tuesday. The announcement came just over three months after it said that Jimmy Carter, 98, had entered hospice care at the couple鈥檚 home in Plains, Ga.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been diagnosed with dementia. That news comes about three months after it was announced her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, was moving into hospice care. Caregiving has been a major focus of Mrs. Carter鈥檚 life and work. William Brangham looks at that legacy and the impact dementia has on millions of families.
In accordance with the recommendations of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE), WHO has certified 200 countries, areas and territories (including 188 WHO Member States) as free of transmission of dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease).
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