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Mauritania

With help from The Carter Center and its partners, Mauritania has halted a devastating and ancient disease.

Fighting Disease

For many Mauritanians living in the Sahara, water is scarce, adding increased value to an already important resource. When it is available, the water quality often is poor and unsafe to drink, putting populations at risk for Guinea worm disease. Today, thanks to assistance from The Carter Center and its many partners, Guinea worm is nearly wiped out forever.

Read full text on the Carter Center's health work in Mauritania >

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QUICK FACTS: MAURITANIA

Size: 1,030,700 square kilometers

Population: 3,270,065

Average annual income: $740 USD

Population below poverty line: 50 percent

Life expectancy: 53 years

Languages: Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (official), French

Religion: Muslim

National literacy: 51 percent

(Source: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, World Factbook 2008; The World Bank 2006)

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