Carter Center Media Coverage Archives: 2009
Highlights of 2009 media coverage of the
peace and health work of The Carter Center.
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Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 Jimmy Carter Profiles Profiles on former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, which appeared in the Washington Post, Miami Herald, USA Today, and other media outlets. Read Carter Finds Happiness in Foreign Missions > |
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Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Refugee Returns to Sudan to Sign Up Voters CNN Sudanese refugee Daniel Deng has returned to help register voters in Southern Sudan ahead of two very important votes. The first, in April, is to elect Sudan's presidential, state, and legislative leaders. The Carter Center is monitoring electoral preparations and will observe the Sudan elections. |
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Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 Carter Center Works to Eradicate Malaria in Haiti, Dominican Republic Voice of America Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the last two countries in the Caribbean region with known cases of malaria, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he hopes to see an eventual eradication of the disease in both countries. VOA spoke recently with the former president and to members of his Carter Center staff in Atlanta, Ga. about their efforts to curb the mosquito-borne illness. |
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Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 Campaign to Eradicate Guinea Worm in Hard-Hit Nigeria May Have Worked The New York Times After 20 years, the Carter Center is ready to declare a major victory in its war on Guinea worm: Nigeria, once the worst-afflicted country in the world, appears to be free of the worms. |
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Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 A Man of the World Delta SKY Magazine For decades, Jimmy Carter has been waging peace and fighting to eradicate diseases around the world. |
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Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 Q&A: Jimmy Carter on Eliminating Malaria Vanity Fair As President Obama and Congress work to overhaul American health care, Jimmy Carter is continuing his quest to fight diseases in some of the most neglected regions of the globe. Carter turned 85 in October; to celebrate, he flew to Hispaniola with his wife, Rosalynn, to check in on the Carter Center's efforts to eliminate malaria in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. |
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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 The Carter Center's Mental Health Program Feature article on the Carter Center's Mental Health Program, including interview with Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D., director. |
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Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 Hispaniola Leaders Aim to Eradicate Malaria Associated Press (Published online by various media outlets) The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed Thursday to cooperate in a campaign aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of malaria from the islands of the Caribbean by 2020. |
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Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 Sudan Wages War on Guinea Worms PBS Worldfocus Video report on Sudan's Guinea worm elimination campaign, in association with the Global Health Frontline News Project. Distributed to PBS stations nationwide. |
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Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 Jimmy Carter Turns 85 ABC News "Good Morning America" "Good Morning America" senior national correspondent Claire Shipman interviews former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. |
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Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Adds New Chapters NPR's "Morning Edition" National Public Radio reports on the grand reopening of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. View the timeline: President Carter - From Peanut Farm to Peace Accords > |
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Sunday, July 26, 2009 Intelligence Report: Fair Elections A Q&A with Carter Center Democracy Director David Carroll. |
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Monday, July 6, 2009 For U.S. and OAS, New Challenges to Latin American Democracy Analysis including interview with Dr. Jennifer McCoy, director, Carter Center Americas Program. |
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Friday, June 19, 2009 'Elections Don't Make Democracy' Newsweek Q&A with Carter Center Peace Programs Vice President John Stremlau. |
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Monday, June 15, 2009 Innovative Approach Highlights a Neglected Disease WABE 90.1 FM (Atlanta NPR affiliate) A five-part series on the Carter Center's work to prevent trachoma and malaria in Ethiopia, reported by Odette Yousef. Listen to Reports, View Jimmy Carter Web Feature on WABE 90.1 FM > |
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Carter Urges 'Honest, Peaceful' Lebanese Election Agence France Presse Interview with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Lebanon parliamentary elections. |
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New York Times Spotlights Progress Against Gender Violence, Examines Carter Center's Rule of Law Work in Liberia New York Times Nick Kristof, with Paul Bowers -- University of South Carolina sophomore and guest blogger -- visit Carter Center work in Liberia and report in Kristof's "On The Ground" blog. |
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 All-out Effort Stops River Blindness in Guatemala Reuters Article on recent report showing how education and distribution of an anti-parasitic drug have virtually eradicated river blindness in badly affected parts of Guatemala. |
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Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 Q&A: Wiping Out A Disease CNN International /cnn.com - Impact Your World Q&A interview with Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., Vice President, Carter Center Health Programs. |
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