Jimmy Carter

Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A
Date: June 13, 2006
Credit: Global Health Council

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes acceptance remarks at an event celebrating the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, honoring extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries. The Carter Center was selected  to receive the award  from more than 60 nominees by a jury of international health leaders in recognition of its pioneering work to fight neglected diseases such as Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis.

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