Jimmy Carter
Former US President and founder of The Carter Center
Former US President Jimmy Carter founded The Carter Center with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1982, in partnership with Emory University. It aims to advance peace and health worldwide by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy and human rights; and preventing diseases.
Finishing the job on Guinea worm disease
Posted 19 October 2011
It was a great pleasure to be in London recently to launch the last phase of a campaign that is wiping Guinea worm disease from the face of the earth. This devastating parasitic disease affects some of the poorest and most neglected people on the planet and is one that I and my colleagues at [...]
