Carter Center News: June 2022

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.     Jason Carter Co-Leads Delegation to Mali Jason Carter, chairman of The Carter Center Board of Trustees, and C.D. Glin, Global Head of Philanthropy for PepsiCo and a Carter Center board member, led a delegation this week to Bamako, where they met with leaders tasked with implementing Mali’s 2015 peace agreement. Learn more »       Meet the Last Americans to Face River Blindness The last cases of river blindness in the Americas are limited to the region where the migratory Yanomami live along the Brazil-Venezuela border. In partnership with the respective national governments, The Carter Center is working to eliminate this disease from the region. Learn more »       Join Us June 23 for an Important Discussion How do we "live beyond" social trends such as hanging a Black Lives Matter sign in our yards or homes? What are people and communities currently doing to fight and advocate for Black lives? Join us on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 12 p.m. ET to contribute your thoughts and hear from our panel. Learn more »       Free Online Course for Mental Health Journalists Begins June 27 In this five-week course, training modules include facts about stress and mental health, including basic self-care skills and burnout prevention, and how to tell stories that build empathy, not pathology. Learn more »       Keeping the Peace Barbara Smith joined The Carter Center in September 2020 as vice president for peace programs. Despite her familiarity with the Center’s reputation, it wasn’t until she took on the role that she realized the full depth and breadth of the Center’s efforts. Learn more »       Carter Center Weekend Raises More than $4.3 Million The annual fundraiser held in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, included live, silent, and online auctions, a town hall with senior leadership, presentations by Center staff, and a variety of social events. Learn more »     Donate Now   |   Forward   |   Subscribe   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2021, 93% 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 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2022 All rights reserved.

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Guinea Worm Wrap-Up #288

Good, as The Carter Center counts down to the end of Guinea worm disease, we are pleased to bring you the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guinea Worm Wrap-Up.

Good, as The Carter Center counts down to the end of Guinea worm disease, we are pleased to bring you the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guinea Worm Wrap-Up #288.   OPEN THE GUINEA WORM WRAP-UP » Synopsis of Recent Developments CHAD: 2 HUMAN CASES; DOG INFECTIONS -47% Chad has reported 2 confirmed human cases (1 contained) in January-April 2022. This is a reduction of 50% from the 4 human cases reported in January-April 2021. Full Report » INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION TEAM TO VISIT DRC The International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis Eradication (ICCDE) will send an International Certification Team (ICT) to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for about three weeks, beginning July 4, 2022. Full Report » The Carter Center has been fighting Guinea worm disease since 1986 with a global coalition of partners, including the Ministries of Health of endemic countries, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others. Donate Now   |   Forward to a Friend   |   Subscribe Now   |   Like Us on Facebook In FY2021, 93% 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. Unsubscribe. The Carter Center | 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404) 420-5100 | www.cartercenter.org © 2022 All rights reserved.

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