<?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 2007]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[29 November 2007: Mental Illness Prevention: Interview with Thomas H. Bornemann, Ed.D., Director of the Carter Center Mental Health Program]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/current_qa/bornemann_112907.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 23rd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, held Nov. 7-8, 2007 at The Carter Center, examined current mental health prevention interventions&#151;and potential policy barriers for implementation--for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[28 November 2007: Carter Center Expert Donald Hopkins Receives Prestigious Fries Prize for Guinea Worm Eradication Leadership]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/donald_hopkins_fries_foundation.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poised to be the first parasitic disease eradicated in human history, Guinea worm disease now teeters on the verge of extinction. The 2007 Fries Prize for Improving Health was bestowed on Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., Carter Center vice president for health programs, for his sustained leadership in the global campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), a debilitating parasitic infection contracted from drinking contaminated water.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 November 2007: OEPA Announces Colombia is First Country to Eliminate River Blindness]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/columbia_elim_rb.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colombia has become the first country to eliminate transmission of onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) on a countrywide basis, according to officials of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program in the Americas (OEPA).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 November 2007: Ethiopia Uses Grassroots Approach to Build Health Care Workforce, Shares Methods with Other Nations Online (With Links to Voice of America Feature Article and Audio Interviews)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ephti_092807.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overview of Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative Health Training Materials Web Site, with links to Voice of America feature article, "Ethiopia Partners with Carter Center on Public Health Training Initiative" and audio interviews with EPHTI experts.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 August 2007: Jimmy Carter &#151; America Is Robbing Developing Nations Of Health Workers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc_braindrain.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The July 31 USA Today Forum article "U.S. savior: Foreign doctors" is very interesting but presents only one side of a tragic and selfish trend: the active recruitment of extremely scarce health workers from the poorer countries of the world. This is a crisis that The Carter Center faces every day in fighting malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Guinea worm, trachoma, river blindness, and schistosomiasis.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 July 2007: Carter Center Consultant Norman Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal for Food Research]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/agriculture/borlaug_071807.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Norman Borlaug, Nobel peace laureate and senior consultant of the Carter Center's Agriculture Program, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal here July 17 for his work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 June 2007: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Discuss Malaria During Online Smithsonian Chat June 28]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/smithsonian_chat.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will participate in a live online chat Thursday, June 28 at 11:15 a.m. EST to discuss malaria and the article "The Ethiopia Campaign - Jimmy Carter Takes on Malaria," featured in the June 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 May 2007: Carter Center Guinea Worm Program Meets $45 Million Gates Challenge Early]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gates_051807.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center and its partners are another step closer to eradicating Guinea worm disease, a horrific and debilitating parasitic infection, thanks to the completion of a challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which leveraged a total of $45 million with the support of more than 500 partners in a record two years. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 March 2007: The Embassy of Japan Funds Pipe Filters for the Fight to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease in Southern Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/sudan_031107.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, the Embassy of Japan awarded funding for the Southern Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 February 2007: Jimmy Carter and General Dr. Yakubu Gowon Encourage Nigerian Officials to Control Schistosomiasis, Other Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/nigeria_021507.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter watched as hundreds of school children received drug treatment for schistosomiasis, a silent and destructive parasitic infection that leads to poor growth and impaired learning, in the small community of Nasarawa North.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 February 2007: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Visits Ethiopia to Address New Malaria Initiative;  Lauds Country's Progress in River Blindness, Trachoma Control, Public Health Training]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ethiopia_021307.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter distributed long-lasting insecticide-impregnated bed nets today in Afeta, a community of 7,500 people in the Jimma zone.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 February 2007: Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Ross Recognize Sudan's New Local Lions Club as Crucial Partner in Country's Fight Against River Blindness and Trachoma]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/sudan_021207.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Feb. 9,  former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Lions Clubs International President Jimmy Ross encouraged Sudan's local Lions Club to participate in the fight against two blinding diseases affecting the country&#151;river blindness and trachoma.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 February 2007: Jimmy Carter Visits Southern Sudan to Praise Progress Against Disease, Urges Guinea Worm Eradication by 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/sudan_021207_assembly.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Government of  Southern Sudan Minister of Health Dr. Theophilus Ochang Lotti, during a meeting at the National Assembly on Feb. 10, 2007, encouraged top officials of the Government of Southern Sudan to continue their progress in conquering two of the region's most debilitating scourges&#151;Guinea worm disease and trachoma.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 February 2007: Fight Against Guinea Worm Disease: President Carter, Ghana Ministry of Health Issue Urgent Call to Action]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/ghana_020807.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, amid the scorching heat of peak dry season, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter visited the parched community of Savelugu to meet with dozens of Guinea worm disease victims in an effort to bring global attention to Ghana's growing Guinea worm epidemic caused by inadequate water supply in the country. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 February 2007: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Leads Delegation to Africa, Focus on Urgent Health Needs]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/africa_trip_2007.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are leading a delegation of senior-level Carter Center officials on a Feb. 6-16 tour of Africa to call international attention to health needs among impoverished communities in Ghana, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 January 2007: Summary of the Tenth Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II) [PDF]]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/ITFDEsum0107.pdf]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tenth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2007.]]></description></item></channel></rss>