Jimmy Carter sent home for hospice care, declines further treatment.

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54. A life well lived. May love, family, and friends surround you now. You and Rosalynn have touched..

... the world with grace and love. It is one thing to talk the talk but something else to walk the walk.

There were millions of cases of Guinea Worm Disease and now less then 13.
Well done Jimmy & and the Carter Center.


Guinea Worm Eradication Program

Jan. 24, 2023 | Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 13* Human Cases Reported in 2022 »

Request for Pre-proposals

The Carter Center's Guinea Worm Eradication Program is requesting pre-proposals. Read the requirements »
Our Goal

Since 1986, The Carter Center has led the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, working closely with ministries of health and local communities, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and many others.

https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html

Guinea worm disease could become the second human disease in history, after smallpox, to be eradicated. It would be the first parasitic disease to be eradicated and the first disease to be eradicated without the use of a vaccine or medicine.