Dominican Republic

The Carter Center has observed several presidential elections in the Dominican Republic and assisted a historic 18-month binational initiative to accelerate the elimination of malaria and lymphatic filariasis from Hispaniola, which the country shares with Haiti.

Waging Peace

The Carter Center, in conjunction with the National Democratic Institute, has monitored numerous elections in the Dominican Republic. The Americas Program's Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas observed the election of President Joaquin Balaguer in 1990, a presidential election runoff in 1996, and a free and much-improved election in May 2000.

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Fighting Disease

In September 2008, The Carter Center, in partnership with the Dominican Republic and Haiti, launched a historic 18-month initiative to help the two countries and their other partners to accelerate the elimination of two mosquito-borne infections — malaria and lymphatic filariasis — from Hispaniola, the last reservoir of these devastating diseases in the Caribbean. As long as lymphatic filariasis and malaria exist on any part of these two nations' shared island, they will threaten the rest of the Caribbean with tragic human and economic consequences.

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