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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter addresses Ghanaian children outside Savelugu Hospital, asking

Place: Savelugu, Ghana
Date: Feb. 8, 2007
Credit: The Carter Center

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter addresses Ghanaian children outside Savelugu Hospital, asking "Who here has had Guinea worm disease?" Amid the scorching heat of peak dry season, President Carter visited the parched community of Savelugu to meet with dozens of Guinea worm disease victims in an effort to bring global attention to Ghana's growing Guinea worm epidemic caused by inadequate water supply in the country.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter addresses Ghanaian children outside Savelugu Hospital, asking Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tries to comfort 6-year-old Ruhama Issah at Savelugu Hospital as a Carter Center technical assistant dresses Issah's extremely painful Guinea worm wound.
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