Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Egypt Vote Monitors Say State Hindering Their Work
Reuters
Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to be monitoring the vote said.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Award Recognizes Efforts of Trachoma Control Program in Eliminating Trachoma
Healio.com
Trachoma elimination programs have made considerable progress, but challenges still remain, according to Paul Emerson, PhD, director of the Trachoma Control Program at the Carter Center, Atlanta.

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Monday, April 23, 2012
Jimmy Carter's Successful War Against Tropical Diseases
The Globe and Mail
One of the most exclusive clubs on Earth is that of living ex-U.S. presidents. The gang of four – Jimmy Carter, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – spend their retirement years hitting the links, building presidential libraries, giving $100,000 speeches, writing autobiographies and doing humanitarian work.

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Monday, April 23, 2012
Developments in the Middle East and North Africa
Global Atlanta
In view of the pace of change in political events taking place in the Middle East and North Africa, it's not surprising that the context of an interview completed on April 6 should already be slightly outdated.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Mosquito-borne Diseases Under Attack in Haiti, Dominican Republic
Emory Report
Efforts to eliminate two mosquito-borne diseases – malaria and lymphatic filariasis – in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are ongoing, with the first of four meetings on the issue this year held in Santo Domingo in March.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Houstonians Deserve Footnote in Battle Against River Blindness
Houston Chronicle
When optometrist Bill Baldwin visited African villages in the early 1980s, he was struck by the beggars with opaque, unseeing eyes and mottled, leathery skin.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
South Sudan Inches Closer to Eradicating Guinea Worm
Voice of America
South Sudan, the world's newest country, is on the brink of its first health-care success.  Cases of guinea worm have dropped dramatically in the past five years and there is hope that in 2012 transmission will be stopped completely.

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Monday, March 19, 2012
Formal and Informal Justice in Liberia (PDF)
Accord, a publication of Conciliation Resources, issue 23
In this article, Pewee Flomoku and Counsellor Lemuel Reeves from the Carter Center describe their organisation's experiences in promoting justice in post-war Liberia, in particular in linking traditional and formal justice systems.

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Sunday, March 18, 2012
South Sudan: Carter Center Praises Progress On National Election Bill
AllAfrica.com
The Carter Center a non-profit and non-governmental organization has recommended the progress on legal framework in the National Election bill especially series of Public debates organized by the National Legislative Assembly Committee of Justice.

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Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
Cuidado con la oncocercosis (Beware of Onchocerciasis)
CNN Espanol
La oncocercosis, conocida como "Ceguera de los Ríos", es la segunda causa infecciosa de ceguera en el mundo. (Onchocerciasis, also known as "river blindness" is the second leading infectious cause of blindness in the world.  An interview with Carter Center expert Dr. Mauricio Sauerbrey, director of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program of the Americas.)

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Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
Carter Center: Congo Assembly Elections 'Compromised'
Voice of America
U.S.-based election monitor says the integrity of Congo's legislative polls has been "compromised," and that the true results may never be known.

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Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
DR Congo legislative results lack credibility: Carter Center
Agence France Presse
The results of DR Congo's November legislative polls that gave the ruling party and its allies an absolute majority lack credibility, the Carter Center's election observers said Friday.

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Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
Ex presidentes de América exhortan al Ecuador que respete libertad de expresión
La Republica
Ex presidentes y íderes políticos del continente americano, encabezados por el ex presidente de los Estados Unidos, Jimmy Carter, pidieron este viernes al gobierno ecuatoriano que respete la libertad de expresión y que suspenda las sanciones contra el diario El Universo, condenado por injurias contra el presidente Rafael Correa.

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Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012
Carter Center: River Blindness Interrupted in Several Areas of Uganda
Examiner
The Carter Center announced in a press release Thursday a historic achievement in the East African country of Uganda concerning the interruption of transmission of the parasitic scourge, river blindness, in three areas of the country.

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Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
EU, Carter Center Slam Congo Gov't Over Banned March
Reuters
The European Union and the U.S.-based Carter Center criticised Congo's government on Friday for banning a protest planned by the Catholic Church as tensions following a disputed election simmer.

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Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
Activists Say Nuns and Priests Arrested to Stop Religious Protest of Congo Election
Associated Press story featured on Guardian.co.uk.
Rights groups are denouncing the arrests of nuns and priests and Congo's violent suppression of religious protests against fraud-riddled elections.

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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Carter Center, JPC Expand Legal Support Services
The Inquirer (Liberia)
The Carter Center in partnership with the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) with understanding from the Ministry of Justice has expanded its Community Legal Advisor (CLA) Program to provide legal support services in Montserrado County.

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Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
Después de las primarias de Venezuela
CNN Espanol
Entrevista de CNN en Español sobre las elecciones primarias en Venezuela a la Dra. Jennifer McCoy, Directora del Programa de las Americas del Centro Carter.

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Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: NGOs Call for Urgent Action in Congo
AllAfrica.com
Seven international non-governmental organisations have urged the international community to take urgent action to uphold democracy and human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the post-election crisis shows no signs of abating.

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Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
Carter Center Delegation to Follow Venezuelan Opposition Primarie
El Universal (Venezuela)
The Carter Center, a nongovernmental organization that works to advance human rights and democracy, announced on Thursday that a small study group will visit Venezuela to follow the opposition's primary elections that will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012.

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Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Who is Xi: China's Next Leader
CNN
Anyone interested in world affairs, Chinese diplomacy and China's future should know more about Xi Jinping.

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Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
Carter Center Gets $40M to Eradicate Guinea Worm
Associated Press article appeared on Huffington Post, Boston Globe, MiamiHerald.com, and over 200 news outlets.
The Carter Center on Monday announced it received $40 million in donations to help fuel its mission to eradicate Guinea worm disease, a debilitating parasite that once plagued millions of people across the developing world.

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Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
Living His Dream: Doctor Fights Tropical Diseases in Africa, Americas (PDF)
St. Louis Beacon, reprinted with permission.
Dr. Frank O. Richards Jr. has practiced medicine in places where flying bullets and kidnappings are as common as the tropical diseases he wants to eradicate.

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Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
Web Extra: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Tell Piers Morgan About Their Goal of Eradicating Guinea Worm
CNN
Only one infectious disease has ever been eradicated: smallpox.  But thanks largely to the efforts of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the former president told Piers Morgan that guinea worm will soon be the second.  "We found 3-and-a-half million cases of guinea worm still existing, and now we have less than a thousand cases, so we'll soon eliminate guinea worm from the face of the earth," said Carter.

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
Carter:  Give Egypt's Muslims a Chance
CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight
Former President Jimmy Carter tells Piers Morgan he hopes the U.S. gives Egypt's elected government a chance to succeed.

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Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
Carter: Egypt Parliament Poll Reflects Popular Will
Reuters
Former president Jimmy Carter said Friday that Egypt's first parliamentary poll since a popular uprising swept Hosni Mubarak from power "accurately" reflected the will of Egyptians.

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Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
Today's TimesCast
New York Times
An interview with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Cairo, and more.

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Newshour:  Jimmy Carter on Egypt's Elections
BBC
BBC World Service interviews former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Carter Says Egypt's Military Is Likely to Retain Some Political Powers
New York Times
Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that after meeting with Egypt's military rulers he doubted they would fully submit to the authority of the civilian democracy they had promised to install.

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
Q&A: Jimmy Carter on Egypt, the Arab Spring... and Tebow
Time Magazine
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was in Egypt this week as part of his Carter Center's mission to monitor Egypt's first parliamentary elections. In between his meetings with various Egyptian political leaders and government officials, he sat down with TIME's Abigail Hauslohner to answer a few questions about Egypt's rocky transition, the Arab Spring — and Tim Tebow.

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Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Carter 'Pleased' With Egypt Polls
Agence France Presse
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to Egypt's parliamentary elections, saying the people's will was "expressed accurately."

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Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Former President Carter Praises Egypt Elections
Associated Press
Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday dismissed concerns about the success of Islamist parties in Egypt's first elections since the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, because it represents the will of the Egyptian people.

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Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011
A Conversation With Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter About Stigma, Discrimination, and Brain Disorders
Huffington Post
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been an unrelenting crusader for people suffering from mental illness (which I refer to here as brain disorders). For more than 40 years she's been working on promoting awareness of the issues, public policy, making health care insurance coverage for these brain disorders comparable to traditional health care coverage, and reducing stigma and discrimination against the people who suffer from these brain conditions.

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Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
Congo Supreme Court Upholds President's Victory
Associated Press
Congo's supreme court on Friday upheld President Joseph Kabila's victory following a contested election, raising fears of more violence in sub-Saharan Africa's largest nation because the main opposition candidate already has rejected the results showing he placed second.

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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
Fixing Ailing System Achievable
Atlanta Journal Constitution
I became involved in mental health issues in 1966, campaigning for my husband for governor. A newspaper exposé had revealed terrible conditions in our large mental hospital, Central State in Milledgeville, and families of the patients there were frustrated and almost beyond hope that anything could be done to help their loved ones.

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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
Carter Recalls His Lifelong Fascination With China
China Daily
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter shares his good memories about China and views on Sino-U.S. relations during an exclusive interview with China Daily at a hotel in Beijing on Dec. 14, 2011. Carter has been in China for the past week to mark the 40th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy.

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Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011
Observers: Congo Election Lacks Credibility
Associated Press
The results from Congo's election which handed victory to the country's president of 10 years lack credibility, said one of the major observation missions.

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Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011
DRC Vote Lacks Integrity - Interview with the Carter Center's David Pottie
CNN.com
David Pottie, of the Carter Center, discusses the disputed results of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011
Observers Question Integrity of DRC Vote
Voice of America
Electoral observers from the U.S.-based Carter Center say presidential results in the Democratic Republic of Congo were "mismanaged," compromising the integrity of a vote that gave President Joseph Kabila another five years in power. The leading opposition candidate is rejecting the poll.

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Thursday, Nov. 1, 2011
DR Congo Mining Transparency Site Launched
BBC
The Carter Center said it helped launch congomines.org to give people more information about the mining sector, including contracts and payments.

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Monday, Oct. 24, 2011
Slide Show: Historic Elections Mark Tunisia's 'New Beginning'
PBS NewsHour
Tunisia, the country that ushered in the Arab Spring, was the first in the region to hold unfettered elections on Sunday. Voters, spurred on by thoughts of a "new beginning," waited in line for hours in some spots to participate in the historic day, election observers said.

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
Jimmy Carter in Conversation with Jon Snow – IQ2 Talks
Intelligence²
In this special Intelligence² interview—with Jon Snow from Channel 4 News—at the Royal Festival Hall, President Carter talks about his career as president and the past three decades as a senior statesman and ambassador for The Carter Center.

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
Treating the Psychological Scars of Liberia's Conflict
PBS NewsHour
After a brutal civil war, an estimated 40 percent of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but mental health is just now becoming a priority in the West African nation.

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
War-Torn Liberia Struggles to Care for Mentally Ill
PBS NewsHour
After decades of civil war, Liberia struggles to provide mental health care for its citizens. In partnership with the Bureau for International Reporting, special correspondent Kira Kay reports.

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
Fresh Push to Rid the World of Guinea Worm by 2015
BBC
The U.K. government is backing a new campaign to try to rid the world of Guinea worm by 2015.

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Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
Jimmy Carter Spearheads Final Drive to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
The Guardian
The world is tantalisingly close to eradicating Guinea worm disease, which would make it only the second disease of humans to be wiped from the planet, according to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

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Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
UK Helps Fund Drive to Wipe Out Parasitic Disease
Reuters
Britain said it was ready to give 20 million pounds over four years to support a global campaign to combat Guinea worm, but wants other donors to come forward with additional funding.

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Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011
Jimmy Carter: 'No Downside' to Palestine Statehood
NPR
Former President Jimmy Carter urges the United States to not veto the Security Council vote for Palestinian statehood anticipated to take place next week.

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Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Jimmy Carter's View of Palestinian State
CNN
CNN's Jim Clancy talks with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter about the Palestinian statehood bid.

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Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011
President Carter Interview
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
Rachel Maddow interviews former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the direction of Middle East peace, President Obama, religion, President Reagan, and more.

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Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
The Real Work of Election Monitors
foreignaffairs.com. 
Professors Susan Hyde and Judith G. Kelley ("Limits of Election Monitoring") are correct in saying election monitoring has become "almost universally accepted in media and policy circles," but are wrong to imply that monitors are unaware "of the power and limits of observation." Rather, it is Hyde and Kelley who may be guilty of exaggerating them both.

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Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011
Jimmy Carter: 'We Never Dropped a Bomb. We Never Fired a Bullet. We Never Went to War'
The Guardian
He may live a modest life in a one-horse town, but Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. And 30 years after leaving the White House, the peanut farmer turned president is still a man on mission. In Plains, Georgia, we found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to make a difference.

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Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
Liberia: Carter Center - Local Graduates 21 Mental Health Workers
AllAfrica
The Carter Center-Liberia in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Warfare (MOHSW) has graduated the first batch 21 Metal Health workers in the country.

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Wednesday, Aug.17, 2011
Liberia Marks Milestone In Mental Illness Fight
NPR
In this African country, locals are still trying to heal from years of civil war, while the only psychiatric hospital has 36 beds and one practicing doctor. And yet, Liberia's first ever class of mental health clinicians graduated last week with help from the U.S.-based Carter Center. A Liberia mental health expert speaks with guest host Tony Cox.

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Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2011
Ghana Joins 14 Other African Nations in Eradicating Guinea Worm
Voice of America
Ghana has joined 14 other African countries in eradicating Guinea worm disease. The announcement from the Carter Center in Atlanta says the disease cycle has been broken after a 23-year nationwide battle.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ghana Eradicates Guinea Worm After 23-Year Fight
Associated Press release, carried by more than 60 media outlets.
Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches-(centimeters-) long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana. That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president dedicated himself to eradicating the sickness and estimated it would take 10 years.

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Monday, July 18, 2011
Epidemiology: In Losing Its Southern States to Secession, Sudan Also Sheds Its Guinea Worm Cases
The New York Times
As of July 15, one more country was declared free of the guinea worm: Sudan. But it was a hollow victory. That was the date Sudan split in two and South Sudan became the world's newest country — and all the known Sudanese cases are in the south.

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