<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center Health Programs]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 30, 2012: Carter Center Welcomes Gates Foundation, UAE, CIFF Funding to Achieve Guinea Worm Eradication]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gw-funding-gates-uae-ciff.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[$40 million in donations announced today from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) will enable a Carter Center-led eradication campaign to end Guinea worm disease by 2015. The Center also announced today that provisional results show only 1,060 cases of Guinea worm occurred worldwide in 2011.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 10, 2012: After the Earthquake: Covering Mental Health in Haiti]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/AftertheEarthquake-MentalHealthinHaiti.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[2010-2011 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellows Ramin Talaie and Jocelyn Zuckerman discuss their project of reporting on mental health issues among Haitians in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 3, 2012: Communities Rally to Stop River Blindness in Chiapas, Mexico]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/chiapas-communities-fight-rb.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a warm spring day in the state of Chiapas, villagers in the small hamlet of Jose Maria de Morelos walk uphill on the town's only paved road to reach a small complex of school buildings. But today is not a school day; today, the river blindness elimination brigade is meeting at the school.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 5, 2011: Britain to Help Carter Center Secure Worldwide Eradication of Worm Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/dfid-100511.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Britain today announced it will provide major support to a new project that will make Guinea worm the second human disease ever to be eradicated in human history.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 12, 2011: The Carter Center Congratulates Liberia on Graduation of Inaugural Class of Mental Health Clinicians]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/liberia-mh-081211.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, during a ceremony attended by Liberian government officials, community and religious leaders, and other partners, The Carter Center celebrated the graduation of Liberia's first class of locally trained mental health clinicians.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 28, 2011: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Congratulates People of Ghana for Halting Guinea Worm Disease Transmission, Urges Remaining Endemic Countries to Wipe Out Ancient Affliction as Soon as Possible]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ghana-072811.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center congratulate Ghana on becoming the world's newest country to stop transmission of Guinea worm, a water-borne parasitic disease poised to be the second human disease in history to be eradicated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 15, 2011: The Carter Center Awards 2011-2012 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mhj-2011-2012.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center announced the recipients of the 2011-2012 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism today, one of the only journalism fellowship programs exclusively focused on mental health issues. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, the 15th annual class of fellows includes six from the United States and two from Romania. (See below for a full list of fellows and their project topics.)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 23, 2011: Carter Center, American College of Physicians, and Health Experts Release Report Detailing Solutions for Reinvigorating Primary Care System: Five Prescriptions for Ensuring the Future of Primary Care]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ReinvigoratingPrimaryCareSystem.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new report from The Carter Center and the American College of Physicians (ACP), "Five Prescriptions for Ensuring the Future of Primary Care," argues that an overhaul of the primary care education system&#151;including adopting more rigorous training in mental illness diagnosis and treatment&#151;is necessary to fully implement reform of the U.S. health care system.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 1, 2011: Maltra Success Measured in Millions]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/MaltraSuccessMeasuredinMillions.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Twice a year, thousands of health workers and volunteers walk the countryside of Amhara region, Ethiopia, for a week. Their quest: treat every person at risk for the potentially blinding eye infection trachoma and screen as needed for malaria. In this Q&A, Paul Emerson, director of the Center's Trachoma Control Program, explains the remarkable results of these "Maltra"&#151;malaria and trachoma&#151;weeks.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 1, 2011: Michael Biesecker: Journalism Fellow Chronicles Abuse, Fraud in North Carolina]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/rlrc-MichaelBiesecker.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reporter Michael Biesecker's coverage of mental health issues began with a high-speed car chase following a robbery. In the course of Biesecker's investigation, he found that although the driver was in a psychotic state two weeks before the crime, he had been turned away from the state's psychiatric hospital.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 1, 2011: Thon Mayom: Case Containment Center Offers Hope, Relief for Boy]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/rlrc-thon-mayom.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[At bedtime, under a blue mosquito net, two boys lie on a mat and whisper secrets from the day just passed. Six-year-old Thon Mayom falls asleep quickly. He is exhausted from two sessions that day to treat a worm emerging from his knee. His 5-year-old brother, Mawut, drifts off to sleep too. His job is to look after his big brother during the difficult treatment.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 1, 2011: Jozefa Ortiz Rosa: Medication Restores Sight, Brings Hope to Grandmother]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/rlrc-jozefa-ortiz-rosa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Jozefa Ortiz Rosa of Tarrales, Guatemala, started losing her vision, she worried about her future. Her husband had died years before, leaving her with six children to raise and a coffee crop to tend. Her older children had taken over the farming, but she still needed to care for her younger children and grandchildren.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 2011: Read the latest issue of The Carter Center News (Spring 2011 PDF)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/carter_center_news/spring2011.pdf]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center News is the official newsletter of the peace and health organization founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 11, 2011: Return Visit Confirms Family's Continued Vigilance Against Trachoma]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/trachoma/HaymanotShibabow.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paul Emerson entered the modest hut unannounced, knowing what he was hoping to find, but ready for anything.Emerson &#151; director of the Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program &#151; had visited this family before. In 2005, he had accompanied President and Mrs. Carter to Mosebo village, northwest Ethiopia, to help launch a comprehensive trachoma initiative in the region. A 3-year-old girl had charmed the Carters when she showed them her very own latrine, which would help keep the flies that transmit trachoma from breeding.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 31, 2011: The Carter Center Celebrates Transfer of Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative to Ethiopia Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Education]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ephti-033111.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[After 13 years training more than 26,000 public health workers to help fill the gap in rural health services for 75 million Ethiopians, The Carter Center- assisted Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative (EPHTI) officially has been transferred to Ethiopia's  Federal Ministries of Health and Education. Established in 1997 at the invitation of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, EPHTI worked in partnership with seven Ethiopian universities and the Ethiopian government to improve the public health education system.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 14, 2011: As River Blindness Declines, Health Education Intensifies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/health-ed-intensifies.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Standing in the courtyard of his school in El Xab, Guatemala, his eyes blindfolded, a boy swings a large pole toward a flyshaped pi&#241;ata. Schoolmates cheer for the boy, who looks about 9 years old. His friends hope that one well-placed strike will smash the fly, releasing oodles of candy. The adults in charge hope the children leave with something more than a handful of treats.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 17, 2011: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Announces Three Countries Left in Guinea Worm Eradication Campaign: Nigeria and Niger Honored as Most Recent Nations to Halt Disease Transmission (En anglais et en fran&#231;ais)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/three-countries-guinea-worm-eradication.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter announced today that only three endemic countries remain in the fight against Guinea worm disease, poised to be only the second disease in history&#151;after smallpox&#151;to be eradicated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 17, 2011: Guinea Worm Disease Campaign Nears Eradication Goal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/guinea-worm-disease-campaign-nears-goal.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter announced today that only three endemic countries remain in the fight against Guinea worm disease, poised to be only the second disease in history&#151;after smallpox&#151;to be eradicated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 14, 2011: Nigerian Family Fights Malaria With Carter Center Help]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/malaria/tcc-helps-family-fight-malaria.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 2010 launch of a new Carter Center-supported initiative is helping the Azi family and millions of other Nigerians receive greater access to malaria control and prevention, building the opportunity for a healthier future for the entire nation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 7, 2011: Applications Being Accepted for the 2011-2012 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mhj-applications-2011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applications from U.S. residents are now being accepted for six one-year journalism fellowships with the Carter Center's Mental Health Program. These fellowships aim to enhance public understanding of mental health issues and reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses through balanced and accurate reporting.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 15, 2011: Looking to the Future in Sudan: Dr. Donald R. Hopkins' Letter to the Editor, The New York Times]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/drh-looking-to-future-sudan-011511.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This letter sent Jan. 11, 2011, by Carter Center Health Programs Vice President Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., is in response to an editorial published Jan. 8, 2011, by The New York Times. "Southern Sudan Votes" (editorial, Jan. 8) rightly notes that the government of southern Sudan has "set up more than two dozen ministries and built schools and roads" since the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement in 2005.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 10, 2011: Parasite-Fighting Medicine Brightens Nigeria's Future]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/schistosomiasis/parasite-fighting-medicine-nigeria.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the blistering heat of Nasarawa North, Nigeria, the cool waters of the River Uke beckon all. Women launder clothes, people bathe, girls fetch water, and children, especially boys, splash and swim for fun.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 20, 2010: Miracle Medicine Mends Nigerian Tailor's Eyesight]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/zaki-baushe-nigerian-tailors-eysight.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[38-year-old Zaki Baushe holds a thin metal needle in his left hand as he deftly angles a thread through its eye. As a tailor in Akwanga local government area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, it is an act that he has repeated thousands of times throughout his life. Yet several years ago, Baushe was in danger of losing this skill entirely.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 9, 2010: Donor Contributions Critical to Success of Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/oepa-donor-contributions.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Standing in his school's courtyard in El Xab, Guatemala, a blindfolded boy swings a large stick toward an enormous pi&#241;ata shaped like a fly. Though the scene is a cheerful one, the children are learning something meaningful about the power of their community and country to fight the debilitating disease river blindness (onchocerciasis), which is spread by the bites of black flies that breed in swiftly flowing rivers.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 11, 2010: Public Health Officials Confirm Significant Progress Toward the Goal of Elimination of River Blindness in Latin America by 2012 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/iaco-111110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public health officials at the 20th Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis in Antigua, Guatemala, confirmed that more than one-third of all Latin Americans who ran the risk of contracting river blindness (onchocerciasis), a leading cause of preventable blindness, are no longer at risk.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 11, 2010: Veterans and Mental Health Care - Op-Ed by Rosalynn Carter and Patrick Kennedy]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/veterans-111110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., was published in the Nov. 10, 2010 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This Veterans Day, Americans will pay tribute to our military veterans, the men and women who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan. We will remember also those who still serve. However, truly honoring our armed forces means doing all we can to help address the disturbing trends of suicide, family violence, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental health conditions found among our troops as a result of combat. Although they often are invisible, combat-related neurological injuries are wounds of war nonetheless and should be treated with the same urgency as we would treat other injuries. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 9, 2010: Conversations at The Carter Center, "After the War: Mental Health and a Veteran's Journey Home"]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/conversations-110410.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reservations are still available for the Nov. 9 Conversations at The Carter Center event, "After the War: Mental Health and a Veteran's Journey Home." In addition, attendees now will have the chance to participate in a special book signing immediately following the panel discussion.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 3, 2010: 10 Million Ethiopians to Receive Free Antibiotic During Historic MalTra Week in Amhara Region]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/maltra-110310.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The largest single event in trachoma control history is underway. This week, the Lions-Carter Center SightFirst project, the Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau, and the International Trachoma Initiative will provide Pfizer-donated antibiotic treatment to 10 million Ethiopians at risk for blinding trachoma.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 29, 2010: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter to Lead Two Major Forums on Veterans' Mental Health at The Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/veterans-mental-health-2010-forums.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unique challenges for mental health care and community reintegration faced by National Guard and reserve veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will be the topic of two events being held by The Carter Center in the two weeks prior to Veterans Day.  Both events will be webcast live.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 20, 2010: Making Inventions Out of Necessity to Fight River Blindness]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/philippe-nwane-aspirator.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dedicated to fighting river blindness in his native Cameroon, Carter Center epidemiologist Philippe Nwane employs creativity and innovation to monitor the debilitating parasitic infection.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 19, 2010: Carter Center Statement on Settlement Agreement on Georgia Mental Health Services]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ga-mental-health-services-10192010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We applaud the hard work of the Department of Justice and the State of Georgia for reaching this groundbreaking settlement agreement, which will mean that thousands of people with disabilities in Georgia will receive services in their own homes and communities, instead of in the state hospitals.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 12, 2010: Guinea Worm Eradication and River Blindness Elimination Receive Major Boost with U.S. $1 Million Donation from OPEC Fund: Signing Ceremony Takes Place at The Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ofid-101210.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, during a special ceremony in Atlanta, former U.S. President and Carter Center Founder Jimmy Carter received on behalf of The Carter Center two new pledges&#151;$500,000 toward the Guinea Worm Eradication Program and $500,000 toward the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA)&#151;from the OPEC Fund for International Development, represented by His Excellency Director General Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 20, 2010: Journey to Liberia: Carter Center Staffer Reflects on Country's Mental Health Needs, New Initiative]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://blog.cartercenter.org/2010/08/20/journey-to-liberia-carter-center-staffer-reflects-on-country%27s-mental-health-needs-new-initiative/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Liberians suffer from trauma, depression, and other mental health issues following more than a decade of civil conflict. With only one psychiatrist in the entire country, and just a handful of nurses with mental health training, treating those who suffer from mental illnesses has been almost impossible. Jane Bigham, assistant program coordinator for the Carter Center's Mental Health Program, recently traveled to the West African country. Below, she reflects on her journey and what a new Carter Center mental health initiative will mean for the people of Liberia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 19, 2010: Ugandan Man Helps Rid His Community of Onchocerciasis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/river_blindness_publications/profile-edirisa-wangwenyi.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early 1990s, fear dominated the community of Jawe parish, found in Mbale district, Uganda. The Jawe clan's neighboring parishes, Buryango and Bulweta, were being plagued by an unknown ailment that attacked a person's skin and eyes. The disease left its victims unable to care for themselves or their families.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 4, 2010: Carter Center Experts and Partners Chronicle "Nigeria's Triumph" Over Ancient Guinea Worm Disease in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Article]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/nigerias-triumph-080410.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the August 2010 issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, a new paper co-authored by experts from the Nigeria Ministry of Health, The Carter Center, and the World Health Organization, details Nigeria's historic triumph over many challenges to successfully eliminate the ancient waterborne plague Guinea worm disease (also known as dracunculiasis).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 26, 2010: Africa: World Losing the War on Virulent, Preventable Childhood Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jimmy-carter-koffi-annan.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter and Koffi Annan appeared  in news outlets including AllAfrica.com, Nigeria's Business Day, and UAE National.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 12, 2010: Journalism Fellow Kelly Kennedy Uncovers the Many Faces of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/kelly-kennedy-pstd-study.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mortuary services soldier came home angry and suicidal, having processed the dead faces and body parts of numerous service members. A well-loved first sergeant killed himself in front of his men. A platoon that had just lost several soldiers refused to go back on patrol, fearful that their rage would lead to more death.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 9, 2010: The Carter Center Awards 2010-2011 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mhj-fellows-2010-2011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a highly competitive selection process, the Carter Center's Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, one of the only journalism fellowships exclusively for mental health, announced today the winners of its 2010-2011 awards.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 7, 2010: Miracle Medicine Mends Nigerian Tailor's Eyesight]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/zaki-baushe-nigerian-tailors-eysight.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[38-year-old Zaki Baushe holds a thin metal needle in his left hand as he deftly angles a thread through its eye. As a tailor in Akwanga local government area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, it is an act that he has repeated thousands of times throughout his life. Yet several years ago, Baushe was in danger of losing this skill entirely.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 6, 2010: Fellows Uncover Whole Face of Mental Illness]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/mental_health_publications/fellows-uncover-mental-illness.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This week six U.S. and four international journalists will be chosen to participate in a yearlong fellowship to explore one of the most prevalent public health issues that is still shrouded in myth and mystery &#151; mental illness.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[June 21, 2010: Nomadic Groups Pose Challenge in Push to Eliminate Guinea Worm Disease From Southern Sudan (Video Feature)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/cattle-camps-sudan.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lives of an estimated 70 percent of the people living in Southern Sudan are intrinsically entwined with their cattle.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 25, 2010: Video Journal:  Pioneering Approach Brings River Blindness To Brink of Elimination In Sudanese Community]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/sudan-video-journal-2010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abu Hamad, a vast and isolated  desert community 500 kilometers from the Sudanese capitol Khartoum, is on the verge of disproving a long-held belief among public health professionals that river blindness (onchocerciasis) cannot be eliminated in Africa due to poor health care delivery and the disease's prevalence.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 21, 2010: "Anyak vs. the Guinea Worm," New York Times video]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/guinea_worm_publications/kristof-052110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nicholas D. Kristof follows a young Sudanese boy with a parasite infection who is quarantined for treatment.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 17, 2009: Guinea Worm Eradication Efforts Gain Further Momentum With Significant Case Reductions in 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/2009_total.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center-led drive to eradicate Guinea worm disease gained significant momentum in 2009, with an all-time low of 3,190 total cases reported -- a 31 percent decrease from 2008.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 11, 2010: Guinea Worm Village Volunteer Viviana Kolong Works to Protect Her Community from Debilitating Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/profile-viviana-kolong.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is early morning in Molujore village of Terekeka County in Southern Sudan, and Viviana Kolong, a 30-year-old mother of three, dresses carefully in a cool, yellow and white cotton dress and orange flip flops, adding a black bracelet and white beaded rosary to complete her outfit. As the wind picks up and the temperature starts its punishing rise, Kolong leaves her mud hut, passing by her home's empty grain stores. As usual, it will be a long day.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 29, 2010: Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Launches Tour for "Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis"]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/cc/rosalynn-carter-2010-book-tour.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been deeply invested in mental health issues since her husband's gubernatorial campaign when she saw firsthand the horrific, dehumanizing treatment of people with mental illnesses. Using stories from her 35 years of public service to discuss the larger issues at hand, Mrs. Carter crafts an intimate and powerful account of a subject previously shrouded in stigma and shadow that affects us all.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 28, 2010: Winning the Worm War]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/guinea_worm_publications/kristof-winning-worm-war.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This New York Times op-ed by Nicholas D. Kristof was published April 28, 2010. Former President Jimmy Carter's plan to eradicate Guinea worm worldwide is succeeding because local villagers are involved in the effort.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 16, 2010: Millions Mobilize April 17-23 in Amhara Region For Trachoma Treatments, Malaria Health Education]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/maltra-2010-millions-mobilize-video.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impoverished communities in Amhara Region, Ethiopia&#151;the world's most trachoma-endemic area&#151;are harnessing an innovative and far-reaching approach to treating and preventing this blinding bacterial infection.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 16, 2010: Carter Center Successfully Integrates Antibiotic Distribution, Health Education During Intensive Weeklong Efforts Against Blinding Trachoma, Malaria]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/maltra-2010-update.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a population of approximately 17 million, the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is one of the most severely affected trachoma-endemic areas in the world. There are currently more than 15 million people at risk of infection and approximately 470,000 people visually impaired as a result of trichiasis, the blinding form of the disease. In addition, the region is susceptible to seasonal malaria epidemics, putting the majority of the population at risk for the potentially fatal disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 16, 2010: Meet Teshome Gebre: Lion of Disease Prevention in Ethiopia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/profile-teshome-gebre.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teshome Gebre, the Carter Center's country representative for health programs in Ethiopia, likes to joke that he has been in public health service for what seems like 100 years. Yet, it's impossible to ignore the great joy Teshome has received from a lifetime dedicated to fighting disease in his native Ethiopia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 8, 2010: PBS's "NewsHour," CNN.com, and Public Radio International's "The World" Report on Southern Sudan, Last Bastion for Historic Campaign to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/guinea-worm-southern-sudan-media-coverage.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In early February 2010, a global health unit from PBS's "NewsHour," Public Radio International's "The World," and CNN.com visited Southern Sudan with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Center health staff to explore progress toward Guinea worm disease eradication in this last bastion for the parasitic infection.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 6, 2010: CNN.com Features Major Coverage of Guinea Worm Eradication Efforts in Southern Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/cnn-sudan-fiery-serpent.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join CNN.com, the world's leading news Web site, for its major coverage of Southern Sudan's final struggle to wipe out Guinea worm disease. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 6, 2010: Sudan Can Rid World of a Horrible Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc-cnn-sudan-guinea-worm.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published April 6, 2010, on CNN.com. Oppressed by war and poverty for generations, the Sudanese have struggled with terrible hardships. But the people of this vast country have a narrow window of hope to achieve progress by ridding both their nation and the world of a horrible disease forever.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 30, 2010: A Project for Haiti: The Eradication of Two Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/itfde_publications/drh-haiti-nyt-editorial-response.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This letter to the editor of the New York Times by Carter Center Vice President for Health Programs Dr. Donald R. Hopkins was published March 30, 2010, in response to the March 28, 2010 editorial "Making Haiti Whole."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 24, 2010: Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 66th Meeting, Profile of Speaker: Dr. John Hardman (PDF)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/health_publications/guinea_worm/MayoClinicMag-Winter2010-hardman.pdf]]></link><description><![CDATA[This article was published March 1, 2010, by the Mayo Alumni magazine. Carter Center President and CEO Dr. John Hardman (a Mayo Clinic alumnus) presented the prestigious Raymond D. Pruitt Lecture during the 2009 Mayo Clinic Alumni Association's biennial meeting. The lecture series honors individuals who have expertise in medical specialties or areas of research. Dr. Hardman's presentation on "Not Neglecting Neglected Diseases for 24 Years and Counting..." covered the Center's work to prevent diseases in the world's poorest countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 15, 2010: Siblings Work Together to Prevent Malaria in La Bomba, Dominican Republic]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/itfde_publications/siblings-work-to-prevent-malaria.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brother and sister Juan Tavares Rodriguez and Casilda Trejada Abreu live with their family in a pine board home in La Bomba, Dominican Republic.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 11, 2010: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Visits Last Stronghold of Guinea Worm Disease in Southern Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/sudan-021110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the dusty and remote village of Molujore, Terekeka County, Southern Sudan, food shortages are common, insecurity lingers, and survival is a daily struggle. Yet, important progress is being made in the effort to wipe out Guinea worm disease, resulting in the community being singled out for a visit from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Central Equatoria State Governor Clement Wani Konga, and Commissioner Clement Maring Samuel today to urge intensification of efforts to wipe out the waterborne parasitic infection during the next transmission season beginning in April.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 3, 2010: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to View Major Progress Against Guinea Worm Disease in Sudan ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/sudan-020310.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will travel to the world's most Guinea worm-endemic country&#151;Sudan&#151;Feb. 9-12, 2010, to personally appeal for completing eradication of the crippling waterborne parasite as soon as possible and to urge peace and stability in the nation as it prepares for its first multi-party elections in 24 years in April, which the Carter Center's international election observation team will monitor.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 26, 2010: Meet Yalanbu Zenabu: Former Trichiasis Patient Sees Hopeful Future]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/trachoma_publications/profile-yalanbu-zenabu.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, Yalanbu Zenabu of Botingli, northern Ghana, was consumed by the daily suffering of trachoma.  As a victim of trichiasis, the blinding form of trachoma, her disease had progressed to the stage where her eyelashes scratched against her eye, causing intense pain and debilitation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 5, 2010: PBS's World Focus Report:  Haiti, Dominican Republic Combine Efforts to Eradicate Malaria]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/malaria/world-focus-010510.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[World Focus video report on the fight against malaria in Hispaniola:  a new cooperative effort between Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter &#151; through The Carter Center &#151; to eradicate the disease.  Distributed to PBS stations nationwide.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 21, 2009: Guinea Worm Disease:  Nigeria's Last Case]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/nigeria-last-gw.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the most endemic country for Guinea worm disease in the world, Nigeria declares victory in its 20-year war. In Ezza Nkwubor village in southeastern Nigeria, 58-year-old Grace Otubo sits on a wooden bench and touches her right heel, recalling where a Guinea worm painfully emerged in November 2008.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 8, 2009: Meet Alba Lucia Morales: Health Educator Fills Critical Role in Final Push Toward Onchocerciasis Elimination]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/river_blindness/morales-oepa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Alba Lucia Morales Castro, health education adviser with the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA)--the Carter Center-sponsored river blindness elimination organization in Latin America--the joy of working in the field is its own reward.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 September 2009: Chasing the Worm]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/guinea_worm_publications/chasing-the-worm.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This article was published Sept. 22, 2009 by the British Medical Journal 2009;339:b3892. New cases of guinea worm disease in southern Sudan have recently fallen from 20 000 a year to an estimated 1500, and doctors are hoping that the disease will become the second in history to be eliminated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 October 2009 : Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Delegation Tour Hispaniola to Support Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis from Caribbean]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/hispaniola/2009-tour.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efforts to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from the Caribbean island of Hispaniola were underscored Oct. 7-8 during a visit by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and a Carter Center delegation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 September 2009: Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Death of Dr. Norman Borlaug]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/borlaug-statement-091309.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am saddened by the passing of my close friend and colleague Dr. Norman Borlaug.  For more than two decades, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Borlaug, a senior fellow at The Carter Center, on the Sasakawa-Global 2000 effort to increase agricultural production in Africa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 September 2009: Efforts to Control Blinding Trachoma Reduce Child Mortality in Ethiopia, JAMA Study Finds]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/trachoma-ethiopia-090109.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethiopia's devastating child mortality rates&#151;which are among the highest in the world&#151;could be significantly decreased as a result of treatment to control the nonfatal eye disease trachoma, suggests new research published in the Sept. 2, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association by the University of California at San Francisco and The Carter Center, in partnership with the Ethiopia Ministry of Health.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 August 2009: Public Radio International's "The World:" Fighting Blindness in Ethiopia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.theworld.org/2009/08/24/fighting-blindness-in-ethiopia/]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health problems that afflict the world's poor have received unprecedented attention in recent years. Governments and foundations alike are pouring billions of dollars into the fights against diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. But medical workers who focus on lesser known diseases say their efforts remain as difficult as ever. Reporter Odette Yousef of station WABE in Atlanta traveled to Ethiopia to follow the Carter Center's fight against trachoma, a leading cause of blindness in Africa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 August 2009: "Preventing Blindness" -- CNN's Impact Your World Showcases Carter Center Trachoma Control Program ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/features/h/trachoma/cnn-impact-trachoma.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trachoma is the world's leading cause of "preventable" blindness, yet it costs 10 million people their eyesight.  The Carter Center, with partner organizations and community health workers in six African nations, is working to carry out simple solutions to prevent this disease affecting the world's poorest and most forgotten people.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 July 2009: Three Countries Announce Elimination of Blinding Trachoma at Meeting of Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/pr/get2020-072009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[At a meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global partnership on eye disease &#151; the Alliance for the Global Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by the Year 2020 (GET 2020) &#151; Ghana, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia reported that they have reached the goal for eliminating blinding trachoma.  Each country has also strengthened its health care system so it can deliver eye surgery for those in need.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 July 2009:The Carter Center Awards 2009-2010 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/pr/mental-health-fellows-2009-2010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[After receiving a record number of applicants, the Carter Center's Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism&#151;the only journalism fellowships exclusively for mental health&#151;announced today the winners of its 2009-2010 awards (see below for full list of fellows and their project topics). Since 1996, the fellowship program has educated more than 100 journalists, who set the standard in their field for accurate and sensitive portrayals of mental health issues.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 June 2009: Farmer Sows Seeds of Change in his Ghana Community]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/agriculture_publications/farmer-sows-seeds-of-change.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the small agricultural community of Bondo, Ghana, Kojo Osonyame finds it difficult to suppress his smile as he walks through the fields of his fertile farm. Acre after acre bursts forth with healthy crops creating a colorful maze of peppers, eggplants, okra, cassava, and plantains]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 June 2009: Nigerien Soap Provides Income, Helps Prevent Blindness]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/trachoma_publications/nigerien_soap.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly evening in the desert village of Adorihi in southern Niger, and 36-year-old Aisha Oumarou crouches over her cooking fire carefully mixing oil into a pot on coals. Although the mixture smells faintly of peanuts, the hot dough that Oumarou extracts from the pot and rolls between her hands is not destined to be the evening's meal, but balls of soap.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 June 2009: Carter Center Successfully Distributes Nine Million Doses of Antibiotics During Ethiopia MALTRA Weeks]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/wabe-radio-06172009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a population of approximately 17 million, the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is one of the most severely affected trachoma-endemic areas in the world. There are currently more than 15 million people at risk of infection and approximately 470,000 people visually impaired as a result of trichiasis, the blinding form of the disease. In addition, the region is susceptible to seasonal malaria epidemics, putting the majority of the population at risk for the potentially fatal disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 June 2009: Week-Long Series Highlights Center's Work to Prevent Trachoma During "MALTRA" Weeks in Ethiopia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/maltra/wabe-series.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tune in June 15-19, 2009, to Morning Edition on WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta's NPR station, as Odette Yousef&#151;who traveled with The Carter Center to Ethiopia in April 2009&#151;reports a five-part series on work to prevent trachoma and malaria there.   Beginning Monday, June 15, segments will be aired at 6:39 a.m. and again at 8:39 a.m. (EST).    Click here for more series information and for archived reports.  Listen live online at www.pba.org/]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[29 May 2009: Ghanaian Reggae Artist Sings Out Against Guinea Worm Disease, Educates Concert-Goers About Prevention]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/musician.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dusk in northern Ghana and communities reverberate with the local mosque's call to prayer. The setting sun has fallen beyond the concrete buildings that flank the market square, casting everyone in deep purple shadow. Thousands of people are making their way to this rural outpost, the current epicenter of the country's decades-long battle to eradicate Guinea worm disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[29 April 2009: African Health Leaders Honor President Carter and The Carter Center for 'Pioneering' Efforts Against Neglected Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/african_leaders_honor_carter_center09.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health officials from 11 African countries have honored former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center for their "pioneering contributions to eradicating neglected tropical diseases in Africa." The leadership award was presented to Carter Center CEO Dr. John Hardman and Dr. Donald Hopkins, Vice President of Health Programs on April 22 in a Washington, D.C. event sponsored by The Whitaker Group, ONE, and Global Health Progress.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 April 2009: Read about The Carter Center's work in the 2007-2008 Annual Report (PDF) >]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/annual_reports/annual-report-08.pdf]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Center has observed 72 elections in 28 countries; helped farmers double or triple grain production in 15 African countries; worked to prevent and resolve civil and international conflicts worldwide; intervened to prevent unnecessary diseases in Latin America and Africa; and strived to diminish the stigma against mental illnesses.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 March 2009: A Milestone Toward Ending River Blindness in the Western Hemisphere by 2012: Escuintla, Guatemala Largest Endemic Area Yet to Stop Transmission (English and Spanish versions)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/riverblindness_2012_milestone.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[An international team of researchers led by Rodrigo Gonzalez of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala reports that the transmission of onchocerciasis or river blindness has been broken in Escuintla, Guatemala, one of the largest endemic areas in the Western Hemisphere to date to stop the transmission of the parasitic disease.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
