Carter Center News: May 2018

Good, thank you for following the work of The Carter Center to advance peace and health worldwide. We appreciate the opportunity to stay in touch with you.     Carters Honored with Global Health Award Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter received the 2018 Bill Foege Global Health Award for their work to prevent needless suffering and improve the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people though the Center's health programs. Watch the video »       Carter Center Programs Join Forces in Liberia Several Carter Center programs joined forces to assist with Liberia's recent presidential election. Though the process was at times rocky, peace prevailed. Find out what the future holds for Africa’s oldest republic. Watch the video »       High-Tech Lab Magnifies River Blindness Work In Ethiopia, The Carter Center and its partners are fighting river blindness in a state-of-the-art laboratory which studies blood, skin samples, and captured black flies. Learn more »       Turning Information into Income A Center-sponsored workshop on accessing government information gave Olivia Stewart of New Georgia Estate, Liberia, the confidence she needed to track down and apply for a grant. When she won, Stewart invested the money in her microlending business with a focus on improving the lives of women in her low-income community. Read her story »       Testing Shows No Sign of LF Results of recent surveys confirm that lymphatic filariasis (LF) transmission has been eliminated as a public health problem in Plateau and Nasarawa states, Nigeria. Over the past two years, more than 14,000 children ages 6 and 7 were tested throughout the two-state area, and not one of them was found to be infected. Learn more »       Podcast: Congo’s Mining Sector Though the Democratic Republic of Congo has more than half of the global supply of cobalt, its people are among the poorest in the world. In an interview with Carter Center Democracy Program staffer Erin Crysler, find out why the public has not benefited from Congo’s lucrative copper and cobalt mines and what a Carter Center report recommends. Listen now »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly to those in need. 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 © 2018 All rights reserved.

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