FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017
Carter Center: Emily.Staub@cartercenter.org | +1 404-420-5126
RSVPs: Credentialed media who wish to attend must RSVP to Jennifer.Hallaman@cartercenter.org no later than Monday, Jan. 9, at noon ET. Media must indicate whether they will attend the morning press conference, the evening panel discussion, or both. RSVP confirmation and media credentials will be required to clear security. No walk-ins will be permitted. At this time, we are not accepting requests for one-on-one interviews with President Carter.
MORNING: Press Conference
- WHAT: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will announce the 2016 provisional Guinea worm numbers and the Atlanta debut of the photo-based exhibition Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, created by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with The Carter Center. Together with Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, he will discuss the successes and challenges in the Carter Center’s continuing 30-year campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease.
- WHERE: Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum Lobby (enter by the Circle of Flags)
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
- WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at 10:15 a.m.
Media must be in place no later than 10:00 a.m. Sign in with media credentials at the entrance of the Jimmy Carter Museum by 9:30 a.m. to clear security. No late entry will be permitted.
- Watch Live: The press conference will be livestreamed on Facebook.com/CarterCenter.
EVENING: Conversations at The Carter Center
What if you could put an end to a painful or deadly disease? The goal of wiping out every single case of a disease is ambitious and the challenges are enormous – but the potential benefits are even greater.
- WHAT: Panel discussion on disease eradication, including the Guinea Worm Eradication Campaign. Panelists are:
- WHERE: Cecil B. Day Chapel (southwest side of the property)
Ivan Allen Pavillion
The Carter Center
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
- WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at 7 p.m.
Media are asked to be in place no later than 6:40 p.m. Sign in with media credentials by 6:30 p.m. to clear security. No late entry will be permitted.
- Watch Live: The panel discussion will be livestreamed on Twitter @CarterCenter and webcast on www.cartercenter.org.
Background:
- The Carter Center has led the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease since 1986, when an estimated 3.5 million cases occurred annually in 21 African and Asian countries. Over the past three decades, incidence of the disease has been reduced by 99.99 percent.
- Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease features the historic battle against Guinea worm disease, as well as efforts to combat polio, malaria, river blindness, and others. The exhibition is on display from Jan. 11-Oct. 9 at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum and is included with museum admission.
The exhibition has been on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City since January 2015. A version of the exhibition was displayed in London in 2016, and another replication will open in the United Arab Emirates in early 2017.
- For more information visit www.cartercenter.org/countdowntozero.
