Oct. 6, 2011
UK Gives £20m to Carter's War on Guinea Worm
The Independent
The fight to eradicate the gruesome and debilitating "Guinea worm" disease, making it only the second in the world to be wiped out after smallpox, is on the verge of success after it secured £20m funding from the government.

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Oct. 6, 2011
Battle Against Crippling Parasitic Disease Nearly Won, Says Carter (PDF)
The Guardian
The world is tantalisingly close to eradicating Guinea worm disease, which would make it only the second disease of humans to be wiped from the planet, according to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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Oct. 5, 2011
Jimmy Carter Spearheads Final Drive to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
The Guardian
The world is tantalisingly close to eradicating Guinea worm disease, which would make it only the second disease of humans to be wiped from the planet, according to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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Oct. 5, 2011
Fresh Push to Rid the World of Guinea Worm by 2015
BBC
The U.K. government is backing a new campaign to try to rid the world of Guinea worm by 2015.

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Oct. 5, 2011
Carter Centre Calls for Wider Immunisation Programme
Financial Times
The long-running and expensive campaign to eradicate polio – which costs about $1bn a year – is likely to fail unless it is combined with vaccines that combat other deadly diseases such as measles, a leading public health specialist has warned.

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Oct. 5, 2011
UK Push to Wipe Out Guinea Worm Disease
Department for International Development
Britain today announced it will provide major support to a new project that will make Guinea worm the second human disease to be eradicated in human history.

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Oct. 5, 2011
Goodbye, Guinea Worm
Department for International Development
U.K. aid is supporting an ongoing campaign by U.S. non-governmental organization, The Carter Center, to wipe out Guinea worm disease. The disease has been reduced by 99% in the last 25 years and could be eradicated by the end of this decade.

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Oct. 5, 2011
Neglected No More: UK DFID Working With Carter Center to Eradicate Tropical Disease
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (UK)
Sadly I am leaving Washington at the end of October to return to London. As my departure looms, and my move to the U.K. draws closer, I find I am increasingly reflecting on the differences and similarities between U.S. and U.K., and in particular for my portfolio – foreign assistance.

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Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Carter: Israel 'Must Choose' Whether to Negotiate
Today Program (BBC)
A diplomatic showdown is now all but certain at the United Nations next week over the issue of Palestinian statehood.

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Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011
Jimmy Carter: 'We Never Dropped a Bomb. We Never Fired a Bullet. We Never Went to War'
The Guardian
He may live a modest life in a one-horse town, but Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. And 30 years after leaving the White House, the peanut farmer turned president is still a man on mission. In Plains, Georgia, we found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to make a difference.

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