Carter Center News: November 2016

Good, thank you for your ongoing interest in the peace and health efforts of The Carter Center. The world needs more caring individuals like you!     Carter Center Celebrates 500 Millionth Dose of Hope The Carter Center celebrates 500 million doses of medication distributed since 1996 to fight neglected tropical diseases. See our slideshow and find out what it took to reach this milestone. Read the full story »       Carter Center Trains Ohio Election Observers Find out why women in Ohio gave up part of their precious weekends to learn about election observation from Carter Center staff. Read the full story »       Hispaniola: Hunting Parasites in the Dark Parasites keep strange schedules. Those that cause lymphatic filariasis, for example, are mostly active at night. To detect parasites in the blood, Carter Center-trained health workers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic take nocturnal samples, sometimes as late as 2 a.m. Read the full story »       Observing U.S. Elections If you missed our special "Observing U.S. Elections" panel discussion, the video is now available on our website. While The Carter Center does not monitor U.S. elections, it recently conducted a state-by-state research project to determine just how possible it is. Watch the video »       Defeating a Blinding Curse Seven years in the making, a new, feature-length documentary "Trachoma: Defeating a Blinding Curse" follows Carter Center staff, global health partners, and Jimmy Carter as they work to eliminate blinding trachoma in Ethiopia. Watch the documentary »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2014-15, 95% of our spending went to our peace and health programs. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange, or rent your email address. Update Your Profile or Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2016 All rights reserved.

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