<?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 2008]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[31 December 2008: Re-subscribe to Carter Center RSS feeds]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/current_rss.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center is reorganizing its RSS feeds. Please re-subscribe to your favorite RSS feeds. New URLs are listed here.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 December 2008: Guinea Worm Cases Hit All-Time Low: Carter Center, WHO, Gates Foundation, and U.K. Government Commit $55 Million Toward Ultimate Eradication Goal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gates_120508.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced today that cases of Guinea worm disease have reached an all-time low with fewer than 5,000 estimated cases remaining worldwide. To help eliminate the remaining cases, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) announced new commitments totaling US$55 million to support the historic Carter Center-led eradication campaign.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 December 2008: GlaxoSmithKline and The Carter Center Reaffirm Commitment to Global Public Health With Expansion of LF Program]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gsk_cc_expand_lymphatic_filariasis_program.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a meeting today with former U.S. President and founder of The Carter Center, Jimmy Carter, as well as global health thought leaders from around the world, GlaxoSmithKline [LSE/NYSE: GSK] announced that it has made a $250,000 donation to The Carter Center to assist the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia with launching a program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 December 2008: Press Conference: Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Partners Announce Major New Progress Toward Guinea Worm Eradication]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gates_120508.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Guinea worm disease eradication partners will address the critical juncture facing the international Guinea worm eradication campaign with a major announcement of new progress and funding on Dec. 5, 2008, at The Carter Center in Atlanta.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 November 2008: New Findings on Nation's Delivery of Children's Mental Health Care to be Released at Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mental_health_symposium_2008.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[New research by the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University reveals that state by state policies continue to hinder children's mental health delivery 25 years after the strong recommendation of a federal plan to address the issue. The complete findings of this research will debut at this year's 24th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy on Nov. 20-21, 2008, at The Carter Center in Atlanta. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 October 2008: Ambitious Goal to End Blindness-inducing Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/trachoma/emory_rpt_trachoma_latrines.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conventional wisdom says trachoma &#151; the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide &#151; can only be treated, not eliminated. But Teshome Gebre, The Carter Center's point man for trachoma control in Ethiopia, hopes to defy that wisdom. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 October 2008: Pan American Health Organization Passes Resolution to Interrupt Transmission of River Blindness in Latin America by 2012]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/river_blindness_latin_america.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an effort to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis) from the Western Hemisphere, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an urgent call to interrupt the disease's transmission by 2012.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 October 2008: Statement From Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on Mental Health Parity Success]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mental_health_parity_success.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have won a major victory today for millions of people who long have been discriminated against because they have a mental illness or substance use disorder. By passing mental health and addiction parity legislation, Congress has made an important statement that these diseases should be treated like any other physical illness.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 September 2008: Carter Center Launches Effort to Spur Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti and the Dominican Republic]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/eliminate_malaria_lf_hispaniola.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center, in partnership with Haiti and the Dominican Republic, announced today a one-year initiative to try to accelerate elimination of malaria and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) from the island of Hispaniola, which the countries share.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 September 2008: Carter Center Launches Effort to Spur Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti and the Dominican Republic]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/eliminate_malaria_lf_hispaniola.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center, in partnership with Haiti and the Dominican Republic, announced today a one-year initiative to try to accelerate elimination of malaria and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) from the island of Hispaniola, which the countries share.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[24 September 2008: A Clearer Picture of Trachoma in Southern Sudan: Bacterial Eye Disease Devastates Ayod County]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/trachoma_article_published_PLoS.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden of trachoma in Ayod county, one of the most severe ever documented, is a crucial threat to public health in Jonglei state, Southern Sudan according to a recently conducted survey. These alarming results, published today in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, were uncovered through a collaborative survey between The Carter Center, University of Cambridge, and health officials from the government of Southern Sudan.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 September 2008: Combating Stigma, Building Understanding: A Q&A with Carter Center Expert Rebecca Palpant]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/current_qa/palpantQA.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rebecca Palpant is a national mental health advocate and the senior program associate for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. She is an active participant on advisory boards and within national work groups related to stigma and accurate portrayals of mental illnesses in the media. As she prepares to welcome the 2008-2009 fellowship class to The Carter Center for their introductory meeting, Palpant sat down to discuss the stigma surrounding mental illnesses and the Carter Center's effort to defeat misconceptions about mental health.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 July 2008: Sadia Revisited:  A Young Girl's Triumph  Over Guinea Worm Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/sadia_recovery.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[During 2007, Sadia Mesuna, 6, spent two months at a Guinea worm containment center in Ghana after an outbreak of the disease in her hometown of Savelugu, in the Northern Region.  She was in agony as three Guinea worms emerged from her feet.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 July 2008: The Carter Center Awards 2008-2009 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mental_health_fellows_2008_2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center Mental Health Program has named the 10 recipients of its twelfth annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, including six from the United States, two from southern Africa, and two from Romania.  Each domestic fellow will receive a $10,000 stipend to study and report on a particular issue within the mental health field for one year. International fellows will receive a comparable stipend.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[23 June 2008: Guinea Worm Cases Drop to Fewer Than 10,000]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/guinea_worm/under_10000_cases.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The countdown to complete elimination of Guinea worm disease is ticking closer to zero. Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo now have joined the list of countries reporting an end to transmission of the disease. The Carter Center leads the international coalition fighting the disease.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 June 2008: Statement from Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Regarding Governor Perdue's Decision to Cut Necessary Funding for Children's Mental Health Services]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gamentalhealthcare_061308.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am shocked by the announced $8.4 million dollar cut in funds for mental health services for children in the state of Georgia, particularly considering the current crisis state mental health services face.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 April 2008: Solving the Shortage of Health Care Providers: Panelists to Discuss Ethiopia's Response to an Urgent Global Crisis]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/webcast_health_provider_shortage.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A critical shortage of health care workers plagues sub-Saharan Africa. Without access to health care provided by qualified professionals, people suffer daily from fully preventable maladies such as diarrhea, malnutrition, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. An expert panel will address a sold-out audience on the Carter Center's work to alleviate the problem in Ethiopia through its Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, and prospects for applying the model elsewhere.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 April 2008: Campaign to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Reports Lowest Case Levels to Date, President Carter Observes  Recent Successes During Special Ceremony]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gw_ceremony_040208.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The countdown to complete elimination of Guinea worm disease is ticking closer to zero. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program celebrate a major milestone today by honoring four new countries that ended transmission of Guinea worm disease in 2007 at a special ceremony. Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo join 11 others in reporting an end to the parasitic infection.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 April 2008: La campagne d'&#233;radication de la dracunculose signale les niveaux de cas les plus faibles jamais atteints, Le Pr&#233;sident Carter fait l'&#233;loge des r&#233;ussites r&#233;centes lors d'une c&#233;r&#233;monie sp&#233;ciale]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/gw_ceremony_040208_french.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Le compte &#224; rebours s'approche de z&#233;ro : la dracunculose est sur le point d'&#234;tre &#233;limin&#233;e. L'ancien Pr&#233;sident am&#233;ricain Jimmy Carter a aide le Programme mondial d'&#233;radication de la dracunculose &#224; faire un autre grand pas en avant. En effet, aujourd'hui quatre nouveaux pays qui ont mis fin &#224; la transmission de la dracunculose en 2007 ont &#233;t&#233; &#224; l'honneur lors d'une c&#233;r&#233;monie sp&#233;ciale. L'Ethiopie, la C&#244;te d'Ivoire, le Burkina Faso et le Togo sont venus se joindre &#224; 11 autres pays qui ont indiqu&#233; qu'ils avaient mis fin &#224; l'infection parasitaire.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 April 2008: President Carter Congratulates Ghana on Lower Case Numbers of Guinea Worm Disease, Warns Against Complacency]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/carter_congratulates_ghana.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[One year after witnessing the horrific Savelugu Guinea worm outbreak in northern Ghana, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter returned to Accra today to congratulate the national program for its recent effective efforts in reducing the incidence of Guinea worm disease. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[23 January 2008: Lions, Carter Center Celebrate 10 Millionth Dose of Zithromax, Health Gains Against Trachoma in Ethiopia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/zithromax_10millionth_dose.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a group led by Lions Clubs International Foundation Chairperson Jimmy Ross witnessed a historic moment in trachoma control when the 10 millionth dose of azithromycin (Zithromax&#174;) was dispensed to a person in  Awi Zone. The antibiotic, donated by Pfizer Inc, is a main strategy in the fight against the blinding disease in poor, rural areas.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 January 2008: President Carter Memorabilia Offered at Auction to Benefit Global Peace and Health Work of The Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/winterweekendauctions_2008.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bench of hard maple wood handcrafted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an array of rare presidential memorabilia will be auctioned Feb. 9, 2008, to help support the work of the not-for-profit Carter Center, advancing peace and health worldwide.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 January 2008: Carter Center, Partners, Celebrate 100 Millionth Mectizan&#174; Treatment]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mectizan_100m.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center's River Blindness Program, with its global partners, announced recently the 100 millionth treatment of Mectizan&#174; since 1996. The drug, proven effective and safe in treatment and prevention of river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, is donated by Merck & Co., Inc.]]></description></item></channel></rss>