<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center Health Programs 2006]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[19 Dec 2006: Leading Global Health Organizations Receive $46.7 Million From Gates Foundation to Integrate Programs Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gates_121906.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) received a major boost today with the announcement of five grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation totaling $46.7 million.  The grants will support efforts to coordinate and integrate programs to fight key neglected diseases in developing countries. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[19 Dec 2006: Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Support Carter Center's Integrated Approach to Combat Neglected Diseases in Nigeria]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gates_carter_grant.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[To help combat neglected tropical diseases suffered by millions of people, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $10 million to fund two groundbreaking Carter Center initiatives in Nigeria.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 Nov. 2006: President Carter Honors Four Countries at Special Awards Ceremony Highlighting Progress Against Guinea Worm Disease (English and French)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gw_ceremony_111506.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transmission of Guinea worm disease has been stopped in Benin, Central African Republic, Mauritania, and Uganda. Guinea worm, a debilitating disease that causes severe pain and economic hardship and once plagued millions of people in Africa and Asia, today sits on the brink of eradication.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 Nov. 2006: Carter Center to Honor Four African Countries for Stopping Guinea Worm Disease Transmission]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gw_ceremony_1106.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The four African countries of Benin, Central African Republic,  Mauritania, and Uganda will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. during a special awards ceremony and reception at The Carter Center, recognizing their stopping the transmission of Guinea worm disease for at least a year.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[04 Oct. 2006: The Carter Center to Host Experts on Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/releases/mental_health_symposium.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experts in disaster mental health will gather at the 22nd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[27 Sept. 2006: Removing the Scar of Guinea Worm Disease: One Village at a Time]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/features/chief_tahanaa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The muddy pond is as brown as the hillsides surrounding it...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 Sept. 2006: Carter Center Calls for Better Mental Health Care for All Georgians]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/features/forum_2006.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared in the Emory Report.  Five-foot-six-inches tall, Angela Ford's weight has varied from 90 pounds to her current 216...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 Sept. 2006: Ceremony Marks "National Mental Illness Awareness Week"]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/releases/mental_health_092106.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In recognition of National Mental Illness Awareness Week...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[06 Sept. 2006: "Carters on the Record" Opens 2006-07 Discussion Series at The Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/releases/Conversations_090606.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will address a sold-out audience...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Aug. 2006: Trachoma Control: The Lancet Features Groundbreaking  SAFE Strategy Study, Article]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc2457.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effect of three years of SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental change) strategy for trachoma control in southern Sudan: a cross-sectional study.]]></description></item></channel></rss>