Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm

Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter spent decades waging war against an ancient parasite. Carter has tried to rid the Earth of Guinea worm, which infects people who drink unclean water tainted with larva.
Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Includes Near-Eradication of Guinea Worm
The former president changed global health by sparing millions of people from Guinea worm, river blindness and other preventable diseases.
How Jimmy Carter helped bring Guinea worm infections from 3.5 million to 14 per year
President Carter helped lead a global health effort to eradicate the Guinea worm, a painful parasite which once infected more than 3 million people a year. Cases now number about a dozen a year.
Carter took on the Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed
On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they've had Guinea worm. A raised hand is a yes.
Inside Jimmy Carter's fight to eradicate the Guinea worm
In 1986, international health experts decided to eliminate the Guinea worm disease. The campaign was led by the Carter Center, founded by former President Jimmy Carter.
Carter Center tackles guinea worm in South Sudan
Since the re-emergence of guinea worm in a remote village in South Sudan, the Carter Center has returned to raise awareness about what Guinea worm looks like, distribute water filters and train people on how to use them.
Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed
I would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die,” Carter said at a news conference in 2015. “I’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do. I think right now we have 11 cases.
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