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Global Partners Plot Final Assault on Guinea Worm Disease
Guinea worm, beware. This was the message at the Seventh African Regional Conference on Guinea Worm Eradication held this spring in Bamako, Mali. More than 200 warriors in the battle against the dreaded disease gathered to plot their strategy for the final push toward eradication.

Carter Center Field Staff Battle Guinea Worm From the Trenches
Every general knows that most battles are fought in the trenches. The war against Guinea worm disease is no exception.  

Agriculture Program Helps Ethiopia Achieve Food Surplus
In 1985, the Live Aid concert alerted the international community to the plight of hundreds of thousands of starving Ethiopians.

U.N. High Commissioner Mary Robinson Serves as the World's Ambassador for Human Rights
In May, The Carter Center hosted a consultation of some 30 human rights experts including Mary Robinson, (right) U.N. high commissioner for human rights. They discussed how to increase the United Nations' capacity to protect rights in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which marks its 50th anniversary this year.

Carter Center and its Partners Help Weave Human Rights Into the Fabric of Society
Fifty years ago, world leaders mourning the Holocaust made a commitment to freedom and peace by adopting the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since then, securing the liberties of people worldwide has progressed, but much work remains.

Economic Development Projects Planned in Three Countries
With its inaugural project to help Guyana prepare a National Development Strategy drawing to a close, The Carter Center's Global Development Initiative (GDI) hopes to take its innovative model of participatory economic and social planning to Albania, Mozambique, and Mali.

Village Elections Project Begins in China
A Carter Center delegation traveled to China in June to hlep its government establish a data collection system for village elections and standardizing procedures nationwide. Their visit is the result of a landmark agreement signed by the People's Republic of China and the Center this spring.

In Brief (Summer 1998)
Georgia Forum Identifies Strategies To Improve Mental Health Services for Children. River Blindness Treatments Increase 34 Percent in 1997. Atlanta Project Launches Child Health/Immunization Initiative. Council Seeks Support for Arms Restraint in Western Hemisphere.