Carter Center News: October 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.     Volunteers at Heart of Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Learn how thousands of Carter Center-trained volunteers in Chad are protecting their communities from Guinea worm disease. Watch the video »       Transforming Lives with Information The Carter Center is helping women in Guatemala understand and exercise their right to access information, so they can make better decisions for their families and their futures. Watch the videos »       Mental Illness Will Cost the World $16 Trillion by 2030 Dr. Janice Cooper, head of the Carter Center’s mental health work in Liberia, is a co-author of a new Lancet Commission report. The report finds that the growing economic cost of mental disorders is due primarily to early onset of mental illness and lost productivity, with an estimated 12 billion working days lost due to mental illness every year. Learn more »       Increasing Freedom of Information in Liberia The Carter Center, with support from the European Union, will launch a new one-year project that will advance government employees’ understanding of the right-to-information law and their capacity to respond to requests for information. Learn more »       Rosalynn Carter's Op-Ed in the Washington Post The op-ed "We Must Treat Mental and Bodily Health the Same. It’s a Matter of Human Rights." is co-authored by Patrick J. Kennedy and shares their views on why mental-health parity is more important now than ever before. Read the full article »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2016-17, 95% of our spending went directly 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 © 2018 All rights reserved.

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