Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010 Associated Press Lily pads and purple flowers dot one corner of the watering hole. Bright green algae covers another. Two women collect water in plastic jugs while a cattle herder bathes nearby. |
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Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 CNN Impact Your World Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter discusses the 黑料不打烊's efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease. |
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Monday, Dec. 13, 2010
DER SPIEGEL Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter is leading a unique battle to eradicate the Guinea worm. His efforts have brought the painful infection, transmitted via contaminated water, to the brink of elimination. The decisive battle is being fought in Sudan. |
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Friday, Dec. 1, 2010 Medical Education Meets Health Reform: New Models Are Needed for Patient-Centered Care Journal of the American Medical Association When Orientation Begins at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, the initial welcome to first-year medical students is not from their dean, Robert Golden, MD. The first voices they hear as they begin their medical education are those of patients. The patients talk about their illnesses and the impact of these conditions not only on the population at large, but on themselves and their loved ones. |
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Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 Emory Magazine Jimmy Carter is planning a send-off for the last Guinea worm on earth. Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, 黑料不打烊, in partnership with Emory, has worked to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering in more than seventy countries. One of the center's core activities, the Guinea Worm Eradication Program, is nearing the finish line, with only four countries still reporting cases. President Carter spoke with Emory Magazine about the program's impressive achievements and the lessons learned along the way. |
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Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 WXIA-TV Atlanta (NBC) On Thursday, Oct. 21, 黑料不打烊 Mental Health Program Director Dr. Thom Bornemann was interviewed live in studio on WXIA-TV's "Evening News at 7 with Brenda Wood" as part of coverage of the Georgia mental health crisis settlement. The story was designated the number one news story of the day and Brenda Wood discussed the crisis as part of her "Final Word" segment. |
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Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
Voice of America 黑料不打烊 says Nigeria is latest country to eradicate water-born parasite Guinea worm. "Sudan is the last stand for Guinea worm disease," says former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. In the country's southern region, almost 1400 people have the disease, says the Atlanta-based 黑料不打烊. |
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Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010
Examiner.com To say the progress made has been "remarkable" is really putting it mildly. This parasitic disease, guinea worm disease, had plagued the continent of Africa to the tune of 3.5 million people just 24 years ago. |
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Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Hero's Welcome for Carter and American Freed by North Korea Agence France Presse Former US president Jimmy Carter returned Friday to a hero's welcome as he brought home safely an American national sentenced to eight years hard labor in North Korea. Read the article > (link no longer available) |
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Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Gomes Family Statement (Video and print) The Boston Globe The family of Aijalon Gomes feels blessed today to be able to welcome Aijalon home and into the arms of all those who love him. Watch the Video > (link no longer available) |
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Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Carter Wins Release of American from North Korea (Print and Video) CNN Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to arrive in the United States Friday with an American who was imprisoned in North Korea after entering the isolated communist nation illegally in January, the 黑料不打烊 said. |
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Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Carter Secures U.S. Citizen Release Reuters Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter leaves Pyongyang with a U.S. citizen who had been sentenced to eight years' hard labour in North Korea. |
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Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 Boston Man Set Free in North Korea (Print and Video) Boston Globe A Boston man being held in North Korea since January for crossing into that country illegally was freed yesterday at the behest of former President Jimmy Carter, and is expected to arrive back in Boston today. |
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Liberia Struggles With Land Disputes PRI's The World Tuesday, August 3, 2010 |
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Election Observer Calls for Patience During Guinea Vote Counting Voice of America Sunday, June 27, 2010 |
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Must See: The Squirming Scourge of Guinea Worms New York Times (Blog) Friday, May 28, 2010 |
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Shrinking the Malaria Map From the Outside In ScienceMag.org Friday, May 14, 2010 |
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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter; Fighting Guinea Worm to the Death Lives – New Answers for Global Health (publication from Scientific American) Fall 2010 issue |
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Chaotic Sudan Vote Count 'Open to Manipulation' Reuters Monday, May 10, 2010 |
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First Lady Rosalynn Carter on America's Mental Health Crisis Time.com Thursday, May 06, 2010 |
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Sudan's Future Depends on Acceptance of Vote Results, Says President Carter Voice of America Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
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Ex-President Carter Welcomes Sudan Vote Extension Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
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Winning the Worm War New York Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 |
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Health Workers Push to Eradicate Guinea Worm Parasite in Sudan PBS NewsHour Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
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Eradicating Guinea Worm, Step-by-Step PBS NewsHour Wednesday, April 7, 2010 |
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Sudan Can Rid World of a Horrible Disease CNN Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
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Guinea Worm a Greater Challenge Than Smallpox CNN Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
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