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Feb. 12, 2010
Weekly epidemiological record/Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaire, No. 7, 2010,
85, 49–56 (PDF)
Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, October 2009/Réunion du Groupe spécial international pour l'éradication des maladies, octobre 2009.

Jan. 5, 2010
Haiti, Dominican Republic Combine Efforts to Eradicate Malaria
World Focus video report on the fight against malaria in Hispaniola:  a new cooperative effort between the two countries and U.S. President Jimmy Carter to eradicate the disease.  Distributed to PBS stations nationwide.

Dec. 9, 2009
Carter Center Works to Eradicate Malaria in Haiti, Dominican Republic
This article was published Dec. 9, 2009, by Voice of America.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the last two countries in the Caribbean region with known cases of malaria, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he hopes to see an eventual eradication of the disease in both countries.  VOA spoke recently with the former president and to members of his Carter Center staff in Atlanta, Georgia about their efforts to curb the mosquito-borne illness.

Nov. 19, 2009
Q&A: Jimmy Carter on Eliminating Malaria
Published in the Nov. 19, 2009 issue of Vanity Fair.
As President Obama and Congress work to overhaul American health care, Jimmy Carter is continuing his quest to fight diseases in some of the most neglected regions of the globe. Carter turned 85 in October; to celebrate, he flew to Hispaniola with his wife, Rosalynn, to check in on the Carter Center's efforts to eliminate malaria in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Oct. 26,  2009
President Carter Calls for Partnership in Hispaniola
Published in the  Oct. 26, 2009 edition of Global Health Magazine.
In 2006, the International Task Force on Disease Eradication determined that elimination of malaria in Hispaniola is technically possible. While there was desire in the Dominican Republic and Haiti to move forward on a bi-national scale, help from the international community was needed to launch the project.  The Carter Center offered its support and in 2008 provided $200,000 in seed money for a pilot project to support bi-national work to eliminate malaria and, to a lesser extent, lymphatic filariasis on Hispaniola.

Oct. 9, 2009
Haïti-Rép. Dominicaine : Carter applaudit la bonne disposition des deux pays à lutter contre la malaria et la filariose
Published by Alter Presse, Oct. 9, 2009.
L'ex président américain James Carter a salué la bonne disposition manifestée par les autorités haïtiennes et dominicaines vis-à-vis de la lutte conjointe qu'ils devront mener contre la malaria et la filariose durant les 10 prochaines années.

Oct. 8, 2009
Hispaniola Leaders Aim to Eradicate Malaria
Associated Press (Published online by ABC news and other media outlets)
The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed Thursday to cooperate in a campaign aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of malaria from the islands of the Caribbean by 2020.

8 de Octubre 2009
Carter promueve un plan contra malaria
Este artículo fue publicado el 8 de octubre 2009 por listindario.com.
El ex presidente de Estados Unidos, Jimmy Carter, supervisó ayer el programa de erradicación de la malaria y la filariasis linfática que financia el Centro Carter en  Dajabón y el municipio haitiano de Ouanaminthe.

Oct. 7, 2009
Carter Seeks To Boost Caribbean Malaria Fight: Ex-President Carter Seeks To Boost Campaign To Rid Hispaniola Of Malaria
(AP Article – Posted online by multiple media outlets, including CBS news)
Jovind Fritzner is well-know in this border town, where the ditches lining the dirt roads collect stagnant water perfect for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

July 30, 2009
The Allure of Eradication (PDF)
This article, by Carter Center Health Programs Vice President Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., was published in the July 30, 2009, edition of Global Health Magazine. This shortened version of the full magazine is reprinted with permission. The complete issue can be viewed at: http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/index.php.
U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's message in 1806 to the discoverer of smallpox vaccination articulated the vision and predicted the outcome and consequences of smallpox eradication, but badly misjudged how long it would take for the world to get there.

Dec. 16, 2008
Haiti and Dominican Republic Urged to Fight Mosquito Illnesses Together
Published in the December 16, 2008, edition of the New York Times.
The Carter Center has called for a joint effort to eliminate two mosquito-borne diseases, malaria and lymphatic filariasis, from their last foothold in the Caribbean: the island of Hispaniola.

Nov. 28, 2008
Weekly epidemiological record/Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaire, No. 48, 2008, 83, 429–440 (PDF)
Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, May 2008/Réunion du Groupe spécial international pour l'éradication des maladies, mai 2008.

June 1, 2007
Onchocerciasis Report From the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis (PDF)
River Blindness Report, presented to the InterAmerican Conference on Onchocerciasis in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Published in Weekly epidemiological record, World Health Organization, Nos. 22/23, 2007.

Jan. 26, 2007
Weekly epidemiological record/Releve epidemiologique hebdomadaireNo. 4, 207, 82, 25-32 (PDF)
Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication - 12 May 2006/Reunion du Groupe special international pour l'eradication des maladies - 12 mai 2006.


March 20, 2006
New York Times Feature Article:  To Conquer, or Control?  Disease Strategy Debated (PDF)
A New York Times overview on disease eradication, written by Donald G. McNeil Jr. and Ceila W. Dugger.