General - Articles by Carter Center Experts

April 16, 2014
WASH et les maladies tropicales négligées (PDF)
Publié par The International Trachoma Initiative, Children Without Worms, WaterAid WASH Advocates, Center for Global Safe Water, Emory University, et CARE USA.
Durant des siècles, les humains ont reconnu l'importance vitale de l'accès à une eau salubre et à des installations sanitaires et la pratique d'une bonne hygiène, afin de maintenir santé et dignité. Malgré ce constat, les professionnels du développement doivent encore de nos jours justifier les investissements en eau, assainissement et hygiène (WASH), généralement, en démontrant les impacts au niveau de la santé de tels investissements. Le secteur WASH utilise souvent une baisse de l'incidence de la diarrhée comme principal indicateur d'amélioration de la santé.

Nov. 18, 2011
Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures
This book by Janine Selendy was published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell and Horizon International and is reprinted with permission. View Flier (PDF) >
Written by authorities from the fields of public health, medicine, epidemiology, environmental health, climate change, environmental engineering, and population research, this book presents an interdisciplinary picture of the conditions responsible for water and sanitation related diseases. It examines the pathogens and their biology, morbidity and mortality resulting from lack of safe water and sanitation, distribution of these diseases, and the conditions that must be met to reduce or eradicate them.

Nov. 1, 2006
The Global Water Crisis and Guinea Worm Disease by Jimmy Carter
This contribution is part of the 2006 Human Development Report, published by the United Nations Development Program.

Jan. 1, 2006
WorldView Magazine: Dr. Donald Hopkins on Disease Ground War
"Ground War," by Donald R. Hopkins, was published in the Winter 2005 issue of WorldView Magazine, a publication of The National Peace Corps Association. This article is posted with permission from WorldView Magazine.

Dec. 1, 2003
Water Culture: An Interview with President Carter
"Water Culture," published in December 2003 by the SKeGROUP and the Ocean Futures Society, uses images and Q&A interviews with leading figures in the environmental movement to tell the story of the precious element of water in a state of beauty and tragedy. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was interviewed by Jean-Michel Cousteau, the eldest son of the late ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, founder of Ocean Futures Society--and the book's leading author--and Marisha Shibuya.< P>

Oct. 1, 2003
A Tale of Two Worlds (PDF)
The foreward to IMPACT: From the Frontlines of Global Health (National Geographic Books), written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Oct. 1, 2003
Health: A Global Goal (PDF)
Introduction to IMPACT: From the Frontlines of Global Health (National Geographic Books) by Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, associate executive director of The Carter Center.