Saturday, June 25, 2011
Helping a Starving Family in Niger
New York Times
Sometimes the story becomes more than a story.

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Friday, June 10, 2011
Farewell to Guinea Worm
National Geographic
It's not every day that a disease disappears, but Guinea worm disease may be next, after smallpox.  Thanks to international efforts led by The Carter Center, just 1,797 cases were reported worldwide last year, most in what is now South Sudan.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Antiobiotics Reduce Child Mortality Rate
CNN
New studies suggest antibiotics used to treat an eye disease can save children's lives in Ethiopia.
The video highlights Ethiopia's and the Center's trachoma effort and experts in Ethiopia.

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Monday, May 2, 2011
S. Kordofan: Carter Center Warns Over Poll Violence, Insecurity
Sudan Tribune
As polls officially opened on Monday in South Kordofan, the Carter Center expressed concerns over security deterioration in the region, urging concerned authorities to ensure "genuine and credible" process within the state.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Meeting Mental Health Needs in Liberia
InternalMedicineNews.com
Most of the way through a doctorate in medical anthropology, Dr. Brandon Kohrt felt a void: "I was doing research on cross-cultural mental health, and I realized that just doing research – especially in areas where there are no services – wasn't enough."

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Global Partners Take Two Steps Closer to Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease
Journal of the American Medical Association
A 25-year-old campaign to rid the world of Guinea worm disease has written 2 more success stories. The Atlanta-based Carter Center announced recently that eradication efforts have halted transmission of the parasitic disease, also known as dracunculiasis, in Nigeria and Niger.

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Monday, April 18, 2011
Carter Center in Final Push to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
Voice of America
As Southern Sudan prepares to emerge on the world stage as the newest nation on the planet, health workers combating Guinea Worm disease are hoping the country's independence will energize the campaign against the parasite.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Carter:  Religious Leaders Discriminate Against Women
Associated Press
Former President Jimmy Carter says much of the discrimination and abuse suffered by women around the world is attributable to a belief "that women are inferior in the eyes of God."

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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights, Ivory Coast
CNN
Jimmy Carter discusses the unrest in Ivory Coast and the impact of the Arab Spring on women's rights.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Former U.S. President Says Women 'Pivotal' in Uprisings
Voice of America
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says women have played a pivotal role in the uprisings in the Middle East, including Tunisia and Egypt, as well as the ongoing revolution in Libya that demanded change for democracy and equal rights.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Carter Urges U.S., Cuba to Do More For Better Ties
Reuters
The United States should end its trade embargo on Cuba to mend ties, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday, but he also urged Havana to do more, such as freeing jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross.

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Monday, Feb. 28, 2011
Pewee Flomoku saw Liberia's Child Soldiers Through a Camera Lens. Now He Promotes Peace
The Christian Science Monitor
Photojournalist Pewee Flomoku captured images of child soldiers and the other horrors of war in Liberia. Now he's working on free and fair elections.

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Saturday, Feb. 23, 2011
Guinea Worm:  Parasitic Infection Nears Extinction
PBS Newshour
Officials at the Atlanta-based Carter Center said this week that the effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm parasite -- a scourge that dates back to Biblical times -- is now 99 percent complete.

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Friday, Feb. 18, 2011
Nigeria Halts Transmission of Guinea Worm
Reuters Africa
Nigeria has halted transmission of Guinea worm disease, bringing closer the moment when a disease is eradicated from the planet for just the second time in history, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Thursday.

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2011
The Objective Here Is Zero Cases Worldwide
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Guinea worm disease, a parasitic illness contracted by the poorest Africans who drink contaminated water, has been called the "forgotten disease of forgotten people."

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Jan. – Mar. 2011
Turning the Corner (PDF)
BBC Focus on Africa Magazine
Once a scourge of many parts of Africa, guinea worm is on the verge of eradication. Joseph Warungu speaks to former United States President jimmy Carter about his foundation's fight to beat the disease.

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Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011
Carter Center, JPC Open 3,000 Legal Cases
Daily Observer (Liberia)
As Liberia's legal system slowly recovers from the war and seeks to gain the trust of its citizens, the Carter Center has disclosed plans to expand its Community Legal Advisor (CLA) program.

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Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011
Southern Sudan's Votes Could Kill an Ancient Disease
Newscientist.com
"There is huge excitement and euphoria here," says Makoy Samuel Yibi, phoning from Juba in Southern Sudan. There, this week's referendum vote looks set to divide Sudan into independent north and south countries, potentially ending decades of civil war. The result is largely a foregone conclusion: independence will be announced officially in February.

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Sunday Jan. 16, 2011
Carter Center:  Southern Sudan Vote Peaceful, Credible
Associated Press
A group of election observers led by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday that they found Southern Sudan's recent referendum on independence from the north to have been credible.

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Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011
New York Times "On The Ground" Blog: President Carter, Nicholas Kristof Answer Readers' Questions About Sudan, Referendum
The New York Times
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof posts answers to readers' questions for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
Jimmy Carter:  Where Sudan is Headed
CNN
On Sunday, the people of Southern Sudan began casting ballots in a historic seven-day referendum in which they will choose between continued unity with northern Sudan, or secession to become a new state.

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