<?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 Multimedia - Video, Slideshows, Podcast]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[Civic Education Program Empowers Rural Liberians (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/civic-education-liberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In rural Liberia, The Carter Center works in partnership with the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) and other NGOs to help people know their legal rights and solve their problems. More than 138,000 people in 1,200 rural communities have been reached by direct civic education through The Carter Center and its partners through dramas, community forums, and radio programs that "tell the story" of the country's rule of law to Liberians.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radio Dramas Teach Rule of Law in Liberia (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/RadioDramasTeachRuleofLawinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center partners with local Liberian groups to produce radio dramas that "tell the story" of the country's rule of law to rural citizens. These programs are broadcast across community radio stations in seven counties, reaching tens of thousands of people. Since 2006, the Center has implemented an access to justice project in Liberia to help create a working and responsive justice system consistent with local needs and human rights. Listen to Cora Hare, legal associate for The Carter Center, talk about the importance and impact of these radio dramas. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mining Inequities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/MiningInequitiesintheDRC.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center recently launched a website to increase transparency and accountability surrounding mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where foreign investors reap huge profits while revenues elude impoverished Congolese communities in need of basic social services.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success Against River Blindness in Uganda (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/SuccessAgainstRiverBlindnessinUganda.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Uganda announced in early 2012 that it had interrupted transmission of river blindness in several parts of the country it challenged the notion that the disease could never be eliminated in Africa. This historic achievement makes Uganda even more determined to wipe out the disease nationwide, and with assistance from The Carter Center and partners, the nation is showing the way for other endemic countries in Africa to combat this debilitating  disease that causes horrible itching, eyesight damage, and often blindness.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Arab Awakening (Conversations at The Carter Center, April 19, 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/ArabAwakening.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In December 2010, street demonstrations in Tunisia launched the "Arab Awakening," as countries across the Middle East and North Africa began to protest their governments using non-violent means and social media to organize and raise awareness. The Carter Center has followed events closely, observing history in the making as these countries choose their own leaders after decades of repression.  Carter Center panelists, moderated by Vice President for Peace Programs Dr. John Stremlau, include Hrair Balian, Conflict Resolution Program director; Avery Davis-Roberts, Democracy Program assistant director;  and Sarah Johnson, Democracy Program assistant director.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Carter Center at 30:  Pioneer of Election Observation (Slideshow 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/PioneerofElectionObservation.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 1989, The Carter Center has observed 89 elections in 36 countries.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Forest Black Fly (Conversations at The Carter Center, Feb. 7, 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/DarkForestBlackFly.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch exclusive video footage from "Dark Forest Black Fly," which documents the elimination of river blindness from Uganda. The Carter Center is a leader in the fight against this debilitating parasitic infection&#151;one of the major causes of preventable blindness in the world. Following the brief video, a panel discusses the challenges of eliminating the disease worldwide and their experiences making the film. Panelists include: Gary Strieker, executive director for Cielo Productions, Inc., and Carter Center staff featured in the film &#150; River Blindness Program Director Dr. Frank Richards, and Carter Center Epidemiologist Dr. Moses Katabarwa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Forest Black Fly: Exclusive Footage (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/DarkForestBlackFly-Footage.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[View video clips from "Dark Forest Black Fly," an independently produced film that tracks the efforts of The Carter Center and its partners to wipe out river blindness in Uganda, originally shown during the Feb. 7, 2012, Conversations at The Carter Center event.  The first segment details the human impact of river blindness in Uganda and introduces health workers making sacrifices to stop this debilitating disease.  The second explores the innovative science behind eliminating river blindness in Uganda using environmentally safe methods.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Forest Black Fly - Trailer (Video 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/DarkForestBlackFly.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[View the trailer for this independently produced film, which tracks the efforts of The Carter Center and its partners to wipe out river blindness in Uganda. If successful, Uganda hopes to become the model for eliminating river blindness Africa-wide. The full film is expected to be completed in 2012.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Conversations at The Carter Center, Jan. 10, 2012)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/HumanRightsinDRC.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a country where 1,000 people die each day from disease, hunger, and violence, The Carter Center works for peace with justice by supporting local human rights groups and social service providers, equipping them with the skills and platform they need to deliver effective services and demand their rights. The Center also provides protection to human rights defenders, who face shrinking political space and increasing intimidation, and promotes transparency and accountability of the nation's copper-mining industry. Panelists include Sophie Borel Ghosn, field office director for The Carter Center in the DRC; Elizabeth Caesens, project manager for The Carter Center's mining transparency project in DRC; and David Pottie, associate director of the Carter Center's Democracy Program and project manager for the Center's observation of the DRC elections. Carter Center Human Rights Program Director Karin Ryan moderates.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the Earthquake:  Covering Mental Health in Haiti (Video 2012)]]></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[Ending River Blindness in Mexico (Video 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/EndingRiverBlindnessinMexico.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although Irene Hernand&#233;z lost her sight to river blindness more than four decades ago, she is an active grandmother of 10, has raised a large family, and managed a busy household. Now, thanks to a Carter Center project with national partners, she is one of the last people in Mexico to suffer this fate. With its focus on the remaining endemic areas, the Center-sponsored Onchocerciasis Elimination Program of the Americas is nearing its goal to wipe out river blindness in the region.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain Announces Major Support for Guinea Worm Campaign (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/BritainAnnouncesGuineaWormCampaignSupport.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, World Health Organization Secretary-General Margaret Chan, and British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Stephen O'Brien participate in an Oct. 5, 2011, press conference in London announcing &#163;20 million (US$31 million) in major support by the British government to assist the Carter Center's Guinea worm eradication campaign. Remarks include an update of the status of the global effort led by The Carter Center to wipe out this devastating disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State of Democracy in the Americas (Conversations at The Carter Center, Oct. 13, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/StateofDemocracyintheAmericas.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the Inter-American Democratic Charter, "The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it." In the 10th anniversary year of this important document, panelists discuss the state of democracy in the Americas and the Charter's reach. They include the Right Honourable Joe Clark, former prime minister of Canada; Eduardo Stein, former vice president of Guatemala; and Mariclaire Acosta, former undersecretary of foreign relations for human rights and democracy of Mexico. Carter Center Americas Program Director Jennifer McCoy moderates.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Radio Dramas Teach Rule of Law in Liberia (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/RadioDramasTeachRuleofLawinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center partners with local Liberian groups to produce radio dramas that "tell the story" of the country's rule of law to rural citizens. These programs are broadcast across community radio stations in seven counties, reaching tens of thousands of people. Since 2006, the Center has implemented an access to justice project in Liberia to help create a working and responsive justice system consistent with local needs and human rights. Listen to Cora Hare, legal associate for The Carter Center, talk about the importance and impact of these radio dramas.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Life's Work:  Rodrigo Lepe (Video, 2011) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/A-Lifes-Work-Rodrigo-Lepe.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 1875, Mexican health officials have battled river blindness (onchocerciasis) in rural communities. For nearly 40 years, onchocerciasis brigade worker Rodrigo Lepe has been on the job. Today, thanks to the assistance of The Carter Center's OEPA, Mexico stands on the brink of wiping out the disease. Follow Lepe as he takes the final steps in his career's journey, making sure this debilitating disease is gone for good. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Case at a Time: The End of Guinea Worm in Ghana (Slideshow, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/One-Case-at-a-Time-End-of-Guinea-Worm-Ghana.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the second-most endemic country in the world, Ghana has stopped transmission of Guinea worm disease&#151;announced in July 2011 by the Ministry of Health&#151;with no new cases of the parasitic disease reported for a full year.  With an estimated 180,000 cases in 1989, Ghana's successful grassroots elimination efforts&#151;in partnership with The Carter Center&#151;have resulted in the promise of hopeful, productive lives for its citizens, now free from fear of contracting the painful&#151;and debilitating&#151;disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria Shows Disease Can Be Halted (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/NigeriaShowsDiseaseCanBeHalted.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no cure for lymphatic filariasis (LF), a disease that permanently disfigures, but The Carter Center and partners have proven that it is possible to stop it from spreading.  The program of prevention underway in two Nigerian states has halted transmission of LF in more than one-third of the communities in those states, and is evidence that eradicating the disease is possible.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Center Observes Voter Registration in Nepal (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/CenterObservesVoterRegistration-Nepal.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In preparation for future elections, Nepali citizens are participating in a nationwide voter registration program to create the first digital voter list in the country, replacing an outdated register with missing names and inaccurate entries. Carter Center observers are monitoring this important registration process, continuing the Center's commitment to support and strengthen the democratic process in Nepal. Listen as elections expert Michael Baldassaro describes the registration process in Bhaktapur district and reflects upon the positive efforts of the Election Commission of Nepal.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping Liberia Tackle Stigma and Expand Mental Health Services (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/HelpingLiberiaTackleStigma.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stigma and misconceptions about mental illnesses exist worldwide and are particularly challenging in a post-conflict Liberia that lacks basic mental health services.  The Carter Center is working closely with Liberia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to build comprehensive services aimed at reducing stigma and providing family and community support programs to form sustainable mental health care in Liberia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women and Trachoma (Video, 2011) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/Women-and-Trachoma.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seventy-five percent of the world's population blinded by trachoma are women, who&#151;with their  families and communities&#151;are profoundly impacted when they are stricken by the preventable disease.  The Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program, in partnership with international organizations and ministries of health, is helping improve sanitation and personal hygiene and distributing antibiotics&#151;all in an effort to eliminate blinding trachoma from six African countries. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghana Declares Victory Over Guinea Worm (Video, 2011) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GhanaDeclaresVictoryOverGuineaWorm.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once one of the world's most endemic countries for Guinea worm, Ghana no longer suffers from the debilitating disease.  The West African nation was one of the first assisted by the Carter Center-led Guinea worm eradication campaign and has battled major setbacks on its way to zero cases. But in July 2011, Ghana Ministry of Health officials announced that the nation had no reported cases for a year. The achievement ushers Guinea worm to the brink of becoming the second human disease, after smallpox, to be eradicated from earth.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rosalynn Carter Fellows Build Hope in South Africa (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/Rosalynn-Carter-Fellows-South-Africa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spring 2011, the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism concluded activities in South Africa with a final mental health journalism workshop in Johannesburg that was open to journalists from across the country. Watch this video from the workshop to learn how these fellowships and the Carter Center's unique expertise in mental health media training have made an impact fighting stigma against mental illness in the country.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes:  Human Rights Defenders (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/UnsungHeroes-HumanRightsDefenders.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courageous and effective activists for the rights of others often face great risks in countries where basic human rights are still ignored.  These unsung heroes from countries worldwide gather annually at the Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum at The Carter Center to discuss national and global issues affecting the enjoyment of human rights, such as the impact of the war on terror and the role of religion in human rights dialogue.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[War Against Worms (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/WarAgainstWorms.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[After decades of civil war in Southern Sudan, the return of peace is allowing health workers to strengthen their fight against Guinea worm disease. The last bastion of the debilitating disease in the world&#151;harboring most of the 1,800 remaining cases worldwide&#151;the region is the most important in the Carter Center's final push toward eradication.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antibiotics For Eye Disease Saving Ethiopia's Children (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/AntibioticsSavingEthiopiasChildren.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[An antibiotic treatment given to save children's eyesight is actually saving their lives. In Ethiopia's Amhara region, where 60 percent of children suffer from trachoma, The Carter Center &#150; with regional and international partners &#150; supports mass drug administration including Zithromax&#174;, donated by Pfizer Inc. Antibiotics administered for trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that is the world's leading preventable cause of blindness, are treating other ailments and reducing Ethiopia's high rates of child mortality.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preventing Malaria in Nigeria (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/PreventingMalariainNigeria.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[ It is estimated that malaria kills more than 300,000 Nigerians&#151;mostly children&#151;each year.   As part of the national campaign to provide two free long-lasting insecticidal bed nets to every Nigerian household, the Center's Malaria Control Program recently assisted in the distribution of 1.4 million nets in Plateau state.  The goal is to reduce deaths from malaria by protecting people from being bitten by the vector mosquitoes.  Join Dr. Frank Richards in Nigeria to observe this massive undertaking.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[War Against Worms (Video, 2011) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/WarAgainstWorms.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[After decades of civil war in Southern Sudan, the return of peace is allowing health workers to strengthen their fight against Guinea worm disease. The last bastion of the debilitating disease in the world&#151;harboring most of the 1,800 remaining cases worldwide&#151;the region is the most important in the Carter Center's final push toward eradication.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the Scenes of "Foul Water, Fiery Serpent," a New Documentary on Guinea Worm Disease (Conversations at The Carter Center, April 7, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/BehindtheScenes-FoulWaterFierySerpent.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch exclusive footage and hear stories from the field from the filmmakers who produced the new documentary "Foul Water/Fiery Serpent," which chronicles the Carter Center's historic campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. The discussion also includes the latest information and statistics about the eradication effort. Presenters include Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Ph.D., director, Carter Center Guinea Worm Eradication Program;  Gary Strieker, Ron Borden, and Molly Raskin. John Hardman, M.D., president and CEO of The Carter Center, leads the event.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foul Water Fiery Serpent (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/FoulWaterFierySerpent.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[View the 3-minute trailer of a new documentary feature film that follows dedicated health workers engaged in the final battles of the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease from Africa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Alphonsus Zeon (Video, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/AlphonsusZeon.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shortly after becoming Liberia project coordinator for The Carter Center's Access to Information project, Alphonsus Zeon witnessed history as Liberia became the first West African country to enact a comprehensive freedom of information law, an effort Zeon had been involved in since 2004.  Hear how this Liberian native is working with civil society organizations and government agencies to further an open society and encourage his fellow Liberians to exercise their new right to access information in this post-conflict nation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice for the Poor  (Conversations at The Carter Center series, March 8, 2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/JusticeforthePoor.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center is at the forefront of a growing international movement to find ways to deliver justice to the poor in places like Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, so that all people, not just those who can afford it, can realize their full rights as citizens. Hear about new and innovative practices that are improving access to justice in impoverished and post-conflict countries. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community Legal Advisors in Liberia (2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/CommunityLegalAdvisorsinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meet Linda Tokpah, a community legal advisor for the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, which partners with The Carter Center to provide free legal assistance in rural communities in Liberia. Advisors are stationed in towns or travel from village to village advising people of their rights, mediating disputes, and monitoring police cells, prisons, and courts.  From land disputes to child abandonment to inheritance issues, advisors help Liberians solve problems through peaceful dialogue in this post-conflict country.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2011 Carter Center Awards for Guinea Worm Eradication (2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GuineaWormEradicationAwards2011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and dignitaries from around the world celebrate Nigeria and Niger as the most recent countries to mark a full year with no indigenous cases of Guinea worm disease. The awards ceremony was held at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga. on Feb. 17, 2011.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of Information in Liberia (2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/FreedomofInformationinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Liberia makes history as the first West African country to enact a comprehensive freedom of information law, The Carter Center is working with civil society organizations and government agencies to further an open society, support government accountability and transparency, and encourage Liberians to exercise their new right.  In this video, Liberians give insight into why the right to access information is so important in this fragile democracy.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant Hospital: Small Facility Has Big Impact on Liberia's Mental Health Care (2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GrantHospital-BigImpactonLiberiaMentalHealth.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, is the sole psychiatric institution for a population of nearly 4 million.  Although resources are limited and there are no psychiatrists or psychologists on staff, this small hospital is making a big impact on the mental health of the country. The Carter Center, in partnership with Liberia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, will use Grant Hospital as a training site for mental health nurses and physician assistants to build up much needed human resources for mental health care in Liberia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building Mental Health Care for Liberia (2011)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/BuildingMentalHealthCareforLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Janice Cooper and her family fled Liberia's brutal civil war two decades ago. In 2010, she returned home as the project lead for a Carter Center initiative that, in partnership with Liberia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, will build a sustainable, national mental health care system.  Join her in the field to learn more about the challenges and opportunities Liberia faces to wage peace and build a healthier future.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raquel Lovato: Ending Onchocerciasis in Ecuador (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/RaquelLovato-EndingOnchocerciasisEcuador.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecuador recently became the second country to stop transmission of river blindness&#151;or onchocerciasis&#151;as part of the Carter Center's efforts to end transmission of the debilitating fly-borne disease throughout the Americas by 2012.  Through health education and drug distribution, seven of the original 13 endemic areas in Latin America have interrupted transmission.  Join Raquel Lovato, technical coordinator of the country's onchocerciasis program, as she conducts post-treatment surveillance to verify the disease's elimination in Ecuador.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guinea Worm 101 (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GuineaWorm101.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join Dr. Donald Hopkins, Carter Center vice president for health programs, on the ground in Southern Sudan for a quick lesson on the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Learn the cause and treatment for Guinea worm disease, and the public health strategy that has reduced cases from 3.5 million when the effort began in 1986 to fewer than 2,000 cases expected in 2010. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rural Justice in Liberia (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/RuralJusticeinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Helen Flomo, a 19-year-old from Liberia, experienced something no mother should have to &#150; her young child died unexpectedly and under suspicious circumstances.  Through The Carter Center and the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, she at least found the solace of obtaining answers and justice. The organizations partner to provide practical solutions to everyday justice problems in Liberia's rural areas. Through this important case, community legal advisers prevented resurgence of ethnic tension in an area enjoying peace for the first time after many years of violence. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[China: Democracy From the Bottom Up (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/ChinaDemocracyFromtheBottomUp.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than 600,000 villages across China are participating in a national movement toward meaningful democracy&#150;democracy from the bottom up&#150;in a communist nation of 1.3 billion people.  For more than a decade, at the invitation of the Chinese government, The Carter Center has aided this effort by helping to standardize election practices among villages and by promoting good governance and citizen participation. In this audio slideshow, join voters in Hetao as they elect local officials in a process typical of village elections across China. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism Fellows Explore Mental Health Issues, Fight Stigma (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/JournalismFellowsExploreMentalHealthIssues.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter launched a journalism fellowship program in 1996 to increase accurate reporting of mental health issues as a way to fight stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses&#151;some of the most serious, unrecognized, and under-reported health problems  worldwide. Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism have been awarded to reporters and writers on four continents. Each year, incoming and outgoing classes of fellows meet for several days of training at The Carter Center, where they discuss their story ideas and interact with experts in the field of mental health.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliminating River Blindness in the Americas (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/EliminatingRiverBlindness-Americas.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center's Onchocerciasis Elimination Program of the Americas (OEPA) is leading a coalition of partners in a historic effort to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis) from the Western Hemisphere by 2015. When the effort began in 1993, the disease existed in 13 pockets in six nations. To date, Colombia and Ecuador have stopped transmission entirely, and Mexico is poised to end the disease soon.  Join villagers and volunteers working to keep the disease at bay in Chiapas&#151;the last area in Mexico where cases remain.  Ending this devastating disease will help  build a stronger economy and a brighter future for the next generation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the War: Mental Health and a Veteran's Journey Home (Conversations at The Carter Center series, Nov. 9, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/AfterWar-MentalHealthandVeterans.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Panelists discuss the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and mental wellness support for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Experts include Kelly Kennedy, reporter for the Times News Service and former Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism; Sonja Batten, Ph.D., assistant deputy director/patient care services officer for mental health, Department of Veterans Affairs; and Col. Thomas Carden, commander, 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard. Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Dr. Thomas Bornemann moderates, and former First Lady and Carter Center co-founder Rosalynn Carter  provides opening remarks.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Carter Center Internship Program (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/GeneralTopics/CarterCenterInternshipProgram.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[For more than 20 years, the Carter Center's competitive Internship Program has provided more than 2,000 interns from around the world with a rewarding complement to classroom experience, enhancing participants' education and careers in the field of public service. Interns, themselves, make vital contributions to the Center's work advancing peace and health worldwide.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting On: The War Against Guinea Worm in Southern Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/FightingOn.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[When The Carter Center launched a coalition to eradicate Guinea worm disease in 1986, there were 3.5 million cases. In 2009, there were fewer than 3,190. Most of the remaining cases are in Southern Sudan, where the Center works in partnership with the Southern Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication program to bring health education and treatment to people scattered across a vast, unforgiving landscape. Journey to the field with health workers on the last frontier for this horrible human plague. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Conversation with Jimmy Carter Initiatives (Conversations at The Carter Center series, Sept. 14, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/ConversationWithJimmyCarter-091410.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter discusses current Carter Center peace and health initiatives around the world.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improving the Lives of Women Through Public Health Initiatives (Conversations at The Carter Center series, April 22, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/ImprovingtheLivesofWomen.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The connection between human rights and good health among some of the world's most impoverished and neglected women, is the focus of this Conversations event. Joanne Silberner, National Public Radio's health policy correspondent and Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism, moderates a panel discussion between Carter Center peace and health experts including Dr. Paul Emerson, director, Trachoma Control Program; Karin Ryan, director, Human Rights Program; and Elizabeth Cromwell, assistant director, Trachoma Control Program.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa: Elections Aren't Enough (Conversations at The Carter Center series, March. 10, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/Africa-ElectionsArentEnough.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paul Collier, award-winning author of books such as "The Bottom Billion" and "War, Guns, and Votes," is joined on a panel by David Carroll, director of the Carter Center's Democracy Program; Tom Crick, associate director of the Center's Conflict Resolution Program; and Jennifer McCoy, director of the Center's Americas Program for a closer look at the impact of elections in Africa and what is needed to make democracy hold in developing countries. Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau moderates.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil Society Organizations in Liberia (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/CivilSocietyOrganizations-Liberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Re-establishing the rule of law is a critical element of rebuilding post-war Liberia.  However, many Liberians, particularly those living in rural areas, are unaware of the law.   Since 2006, The Carter Center has collaborated with the Ministry of Justice to get the word out to rural citizens about new laws, their rights, and obligations. The Carter Center provides small grants to local civil society organizations in five counties in Southeast Liberia&#151;as well as Bong, Nimba and Lofa counties&#151;who use drama, community forums, radio programming, and music to tell the story of the rule of law to rural Liberians.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community Legal Advisors in Liberia (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/CommunityLegalAdvisorsinLiberia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working with monitors from the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC), The Carter Center supports legal advice services in marginalized rural communities through a network of 32 Community Legal Advisors (CLAs) in eight counties. CLAs are either stationed in major towns or travel from village to village as 'mobile' monitors. They offer free advice on how navigate the formal and informal legal systems and also offer mediation services and advocacy assistance. The JPC monitors police cells, prisons, and courts, referring cases to Carter Center lawyers where necessary.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cattle Camps of Southern Sudan (2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/CattleCampsofSouthernSudan.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass population movements of nomadic pastoralists in Southern Sudan pose a unique challenge in the push to eliminate Guinea worm disease from Sudan, the main&#151;and potentially the last&#151;bastion of the parasitic water-borne disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliminating River Blindness In Sudan (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/TriptoAbuHamad.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this three-part video journal, join Carter Center expert Dr. Moses Katabarwa and his colleagues from the Sudan Ministry of Health and Lions Clubs International Foundation in the field as they guide and support the pioneering community-based approach that has brought river blindness to the brink of elimination.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the End of the Guinea Worm World: A Conversation With Dr. Donald R. Hopkins (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GuineaWorm-ConversationWithDonaldRHopkins.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join Carter Center Vice President for Health Programs Dr. Donald R. Hopkins from Southern Sudan as he discusses the challenges and opportunities for eradicating Guinea worm disease within the next few years. The Carter Center has led the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease since 1986. Today, cases have been reduced by more than 99 percent, making Guinea worm disease poised to become only the second disease in human history--and the first parasitic disease--to be eradicated, and the first to be wiped out without a vaccine or medicine.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Countries, Two Diseases, One Island (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/TwoCountriesTwoDiseases-Malaria-LF.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 2008, The Carter Center helped the Dominican Republic and Haiti and their partners launch a historic 18-month binational initiative to accelerate the elimination of two devastating mosquito-borne infections&#151;malaria and lymphatic filariasis&#151;from Hispaniola. Previously, the countries focused on control efforts--not elimination--and worked separately. Twelve months into the project, the two countries reinforced their united desire to pursue elimination by announcing detailed binational plans and budgets. Two local experts discuss their pioneering work in the border towns of Ouanaminthe, Haiti, and Dajab&#243;n, Dominican Republic.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mental Health Crisis in Georgia (Conversations at The Carter Center series, Feb. 16, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/MentalHealthCrisisInGeorgia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former First Lady and Carter Center Mental Health Program founder Rosalynn Carter provides opening remarks for this examination of the current crisis facing the mental health system in the state of Georgia. Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Dr. Thom Bornemann moderates a panel of key stakeholders who explore potential solutions, including Charles Willis of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network; Dr. John Gates, board member, The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, Georgia Southwestern University; and Andrew Penn of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghana's Vigilance Keeps Blinding Trachoma at Bay (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GhanasVigilanceKeepsTrachomaatBay.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ghana recently became the first sub-Saharan African nation to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem, thanks to a decade-long effort of Ghana Health Services in partnership with the Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election Monitoring (Video, 2010)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/ElectionMonitoring.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartial election observers can strengthen an electoral process by providing an independent assessment of election preparations, capabilities, and fairness. The Carter Center has been a pioneer of election observation, monitoring more than 70 elections in Africa, Latin America, and Asia since 1989, and forging many of the techniques now common to the field.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battling Mosquitoes and Malaria in the Dominican Republic (Video, 2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/BattlingMosquitoesandMalariainLaBomba.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in La Bomba barrio, a subdistrict of Dajab&#243;n, Dominican Republic, are battling malaria with education and bed nets, thanks to The Carter Center.  The effort is part of the Center's Hispaniola Initative, in partnership with the Dominican Republic and Haiti, to help the two countries and their other partners accelerate the elimination of two devastating mosquito-borne infections&#151;malaria and lymphatic filariasis&#151;from Hispaniola.  ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyday Citizens Creating Extraordinary Change: A Look at the Work of Carter Center Volunteers (Slideshow, 2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/GeneralTopics/CarterCenterVolunteers.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around the world, men and women, many of whom live on less than a dollar a day, volunteer their time and hard work to make a difference in their communities. They knock on a neighbor's door to distribute medicines that prevent horrible diseases or sit watchfully at a polling station to ensure each person's vote is counted. These networks of volunteers across the globe are vital to the Carter Center's work. During this holiday season, we pay tribute to our international volunteers for their selfless acts that are building hope for millions.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[China &#150; U.S. Relations (Conversations at The Carter Center series, Dec. 3, 2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/China-US-Relations-120309.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normalizing relations with China was one of the most important decisions for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during his administration 30 years ago.  Making the decision was difficult and it is equally difficult to maintain this complex and multi-faceted relationship.  Both nations are now facing new challenges.  Managing this important bilateral relationship has a huge impact on world peace, stability, and prosperity. This discussion on the history, present, and future of the relationship between these two great nations is moderated by Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau.  Panelists include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Madam Li Xiaolin;  Emory University distinguished visiting professor of China studies Mary Brown Bullock;  and Carter Center China Program Director Yawei Liu.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building Hope (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/GeneralTopics/BuildingHope.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overview of the Carter Center's efforts to advance human rights and alleviate unnecessary human suffering in more than 70 countries. At work in many of the poorest regions in the world, The Carter Center brings hope to those who need it most.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guatemala's Fight Against Onchocerciasis (2009) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/GuatemalasFightAgainstOnchocerciasis.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photojournalist Peter DiCampo travels to Guatemala to document the Carter Center's efforts through OEPA &#150; the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program of the Americas &#150; to eliminate river blindness. OEPA seeks to stop transmission of the disease throughout Guatemala and the other endemic countries of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela by 2012.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voices From the Field: Guinea Worm Eradication (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/VoicesFromtheFieldGuineaWormEradication.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[An overview of the Guinea worm disease cycle and The Carter Center's historic efforts to eradicate this parasitic scourge worldwide through community empowerment and education.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli Fights for Human Rights of Palestinians (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/IsraeliFightsforHumanRightsofPalestinians.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center partners with Israeli human rights defenders to support their work in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories as well as amplify their voices in the United States as they work to ensure that human rights play a central role in any peace process.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-term Election Observers in Bolivia (2009) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/PeacePrograms/Long-termElectionObserversinBolivia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center long-term observers talk about their work in Bolivia and the country's new biometric voter registration process. The Carter Center plans to send a short-term delegation to join the long-term observers for Bolivia's Dec. 6 presidential and legislative elections. The election results will determine who will develop the country's new institutional and legal framework as outlined in the new constitution, approved by referendum in January 2009.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carter Center Mental Health Program:  Reducing Stigma Worldwide (2009) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/MentalHealthReducingStigmaWorldwide.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overview of the Center's Mental Health Program and the advocacy of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Carter Presidency Revisited (Oct. 28, 2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/CarterPresidencyRevisited.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation at The Carter Center series: The Carter Center partners with Israeli human rights defenders to support their work in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories as well as amplify their voices in the United States as they work to ensure that human rights play a central role in any peace process.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gala Reopening of Presidential Library and Museum Celebrates President Carter's Life, 85th Birthday (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/GeneralTopics/JimmyCarterPresidentialMuseumReopening.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter are interviewed by national media before the grand reopening of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.  The newly renovated museum includes state-of-the-art exhibits and a full one-third is dedicated to the post-presidency.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Reopening (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/GeneralTopics/85thBirthday.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's life and work--and his 85th birthday--were celebrated during the gala reopening of the newly renovated Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum Oct. 1, 2009. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight Disease and Building Hope at the Grassroots (2009)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/HealthPrograms/DonHopkinsLecture.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, the Carter Center's vice president for Health Programs, presents the 7th annual Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Leadership in Public Health Lecture on "Fighting Disease and Building Hope at the Grassroots" at the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in Atlanta on March 19, 2009. The Koplan lecture series was established in 2002 by the Public Health Practice Program and the Office of Global Health (insert hyperlink here), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Conversation with the Carters (Sept. 15, 2009) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/multimedia/Conversations/ConversationWithCarters-091509.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, discuss current peace and health initiatives at The Carter Center and the Oct. 1 reopening of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, which is also President Carter's 85th birthday. This event was moderated by Carter Center President and CEO Dr. John Hardman.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
