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Carteris proud to announce new additions to the star-studded lineup for Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song. Angélique Kidjo, BeBe Winans, Carlene Carter, Duane Betts, India Arie, Lalah Hathaway, and The B-52s, along with Academy Award-winning actress Renée Zellweger, will join the cast of musicians and special guests celebrating the 100th birthday of our longest-living U.S. president, Jimmy Carter. Learn more »
As part of a partnership with The National media outlet in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Carterannounces a new fellow for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism Program. Learn more »
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The public spotlight on the president's family has evolved significantly since Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were in the White House. (Jason Carter was just two years old when his grandfather was elected.) "When my grandparents were in the White House, my dad owned a grain elevator in Calhoun, Georgia, and nobody even talked about it, partly because it was boring," Jason jokes.
Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ’s nonpartisan election observation partner in Montana, the Montana Election Observation Initiative, released a final statement on Aug. 14 of findings from its pilot project to monitor Missoula County’s June 4 primary election process. Learn more »
Carterannounced today it will co-host with the Mali Ministry of Health the second annual conference on the Peace through Health in Central Mali Initiative. The conference is scheduled for Aug. 21-22 in Bamako. Learn more »
The foremost journal of tropical medicine in the United States is publishing a supplement honoring the public health legacy of former President Jimmy Carter and the late First Lady Rosalynn Carter. In a demonstration of technical expertise and the respect Cartercarries in that field, the supplement features 16 articles authored or co-authored by Carter Center experts. The peer-reviewed articles have been posted ahead of print online on the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene website throughout 2024 and are being published together in a single supplement to highlight the material’s richness, depth, and diversity of impact, said Dr. Kashef Ijaz, vice president of health programs at Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ. “We at Carterare extraordinarily pleased to be featured in such a meaningful way by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,” Ijaz said. “President and Mrs. Carter were pioneers and exemplars in global health as well as many other important fields, and it is a privilege to follow in their footsteps. We thank the society for this recognition and collaboration.” The AJTMH, established in 1921, is among the top-ranked tropical medicine journals in the world, publishing original scientific articles and the latest findings. Two or more supplements on topics of special interest are published annually. Cartersupplement, which will be published Sept. 4, is unusual in that it focuses on a contributor rather than a topic. The supplement’s guest editor was Mark L. Eberhard, a well-known global health researcher and practitioner who recently retired from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an editorial, Eberhard recognizes the Carters’ “longstanding and tireless contributions to public health. Map graphic FIGURE 1. Countries that have received Carter Center health program assistance past and present are represented in light blue. Carterassisted countries which have been WHO certified as eradicating dracunculiasis transmission (GW), WHO verified as eliminating onchocerciasis transmission (Oncho), or WHO validated as trachoma no longer being a public health problem (Tr). Note that India, Kenya, CAR, and DRC have been WHO certified as eradicating dracunculiasis, but those countries did not receive direct Carter Center assistance. “The Carters did not just talk the talk, they walked the walk,” Eberhard writes. “For decades, they made repeated trips to affected countries, stopping not only in the capital cities to meet and engage state leaders, but traveling (often with those same leaders) to remote affected communities where they were able to see firsthand the difficulties and accomplishments of various programs.” Topics in the supplement cover a wide range of current Carter Center health programming — Guinea worm disease, mental health, river blindness, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and the Hispaniola Initiative to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The articles describe important programmatic interventions, research, and clinical studies conducted by Carter Center experts, partners, ministries of health, and national programs in the course of helping to end or avert suffering for millions of people on multiple continents. Here are a few examples: An analysis of factors influencing community engagement as Guinea worm and polio near elimination in Chad A look at how the blood responds to signs of trachoma infection A study of whether people in certain parts of Uganda believe that river blindness was eliminated where they live A national survey of knowledge and attitudes toward mental disorders in Liberia Results of surveys testing for transmission of lymphatic filariasis and malaria in Haiti These articles (which are also published on the Carter Center website) shed light on key issues in tropical medicine, furthering the scientific community’s understanding and contributing significantly to research. The peer review process ensures that the research methods are sound and the conclusions are valid. Frank Richards shakes hands with Nigerian man. Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ's Dr. Frank Richards, right, receives congratulations upon being named an honorary traditional chief in Abia state, Nigeria, in 2017. Richards was honored for his leadership fighting diseases that plagued the people there. (Photo: Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ/ R. McDowall) Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ’s Dr. Frank Richards coordinated the execution of the supplement as one of his final acts before retiring this summer. Richards spent 25 years at the Center, most of them as director of its River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program. Considered a leading global researcher of those diseases, he is a longtime member of the ASTMH and has had numerous articles published in the AJTMH and other journals. Here are links to each article in the AJTMH supplement: Slaying the Serpent: A Research Agenda to Expand Intervention Development and Accelerate Guinea Worm Eradication Efforts Factors Influencing Community Engagement during Guinea Worm and Polio Eradication Endgames in Chad: Recommendations for “Last Mile” Programming Predicting the Environmental Suitability and Identifying Climate and Sociodemographic Correlates of Guinea Worm (Dracunculus Medinensis) in Chad Over 25 Years of Hope: Development of Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Support Groups in Haiti Results of Integrated Transmission Assessment Surveys for Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria in Haiti, 2017–2022 A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Mainstreaming Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminths in Four Districts of Nigeria Do Residents in Three Onchocerciasis Foci of Uganda Believe that Onchocerciasis Was Eliminated? A Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Survey Conducted within Three Years After Stopping Ivermectin MDA Integrated Serosurveillance for Onchocerciasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis in North Darfur, Sudan Scorecard Approach to Eliminate Onchocerciasis in Venezuela Progress Toward Onchocerciasis Elimination in Brazil The Epidemiology of Ocular Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection within Districts Persistently Endemic for Trachoma in Amhara, Ethiopia  Serological Responses to Trachoma Antigens Prior to the Start of Mass Drug Administration: Results from Population-based Baseline Surveys, North Darfur Dtate, Sudan Severity of Trachomatous Scarring among Adults in Trachoma-Endemic Amhara Region of Ethiopia Impact of a School Trachoma Program Emphasizing Facial Cleanliness and Environmental Improvement in Amhara, Ethiopia Evaluation of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication: A Review of Past Successes and Future Direction As of this writing, the following article had been accepted for publication in the supplement but not yet posted on the journal’s website: A National Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Towards Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Liberia Donate Now Sign Up For Email Please sign up below for important news about the work of Carterand special event invitations. 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Carterhas awarded two journalists a new fellowship as part of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. This new fellowship, a shared initiative of the Carter Center Human Rights and Mental Health programs, supports journalists’ efforts to explore the impacts of climate change on mental health in countries with low socioeconomic status. The fellowship is made possible through the SNF Global Center Communicators program at the Child Mind Institute. Learn more »
Carteris excited to announce “Jimmy Carter 100: A Celebration in Song,” a musical event celebrating the centennial birthday of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. The landmark concert, taking place Sept. 17, 2024, at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre, will feature world-renowned artists performing live tributes and special guests celebrating President Carter’s legacy of service to humanity. Tickets are $100 — in honor of Carter’s 100th birthday — and are available to the public at FoxTheatre.org/JimmyCarter100 starting at 10 a.m. Aug. 5. Learn more »
Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and cannot be considered democratic. Learn more »
Cartercalls upon Venezuela’s National Election Commission, known by the Spanish acronym CNE, to immediately publish the presidential election results at the polling station level. Learn more »
Cartertoday released the final report from its international election observation mission to the December 2023 general elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Learn more »
Community-based efforts have reduced the parasitic infection to a handful of cases in humans each year, but the emergence of infections in dogs and other animals threatens to derail progress.
Carterhas named nine U.S. recipients of the 2024-2025 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. Learn more »
ATLANTA (July 2, 2024) — The 2024 Carter Center Weekend raised more than $2.8 million in donations and auction sales to support the Center’s mission of waging peace and combating disease, profoundly impacting millions worldwide. The annual fundraiser held June 26-30 in San Diego, California, included presentations by Center staff, excursions, and social events, in addition to live and silent auctions. Learn more »
The annual Carter Center Weekend is set to return for 2024 with an exciting array of activities. This year's event will take place June 26-30 at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, California. Learn more »
Carterwill deploy a technical election observation mission to Venezuela in advance of the presidential election scheduled for July 28. Learn more »
Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ’s partner in Montana, the Montana Election Observation Initiative (MEOI), today issued preliminary findings on its pilot program to observe Missoula County’s June 4 primary election process. Learn more »
Cartertoday announced the launch of the Climate and Environmental Justice Initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This initiative aims to guarantee a just transition, recognizing that DRC's mineral wealth is vital to building a low-carbon and resilient world and that the Congolese people should fully share in the prosperity and promise of this new climate economy. Learn more »
Applications are being accepted for a new fellowship within the 2024-2025 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, Carterannounced Thursday. This fellow will report on the intersection of mental health and climate change among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations outside the United States. Learn more »
A Cappella Books
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and A Cappella Books are honored to welcome the author to Carterto discuss his acclaimed new book, "The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World." Eizenstat will appear in conversation with former Atlanta mayor, U.S. Congressman, and UN Ambassador Andrew Young and former Georgia state senator Jason Carter.
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Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide rights out of Cannes to 'The President and the Dragon,' a Jimmy Carter documentary from Sudanese writer, director and producer Waleed Eltayeb and Irish director-cinematographer Ian D. Murphy.
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Participants at the most recent collaboration between Carterand Baker Institute examined key issues affecting U.S. elections and possible ways to help strengthen elections and build confidence in their outcomes.
The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) and Cartertoday released “The Disinformation Economy.” Learn more »
Carterand Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on May 17 will host panel discussions on guiding principles for election administration and reforms. The participants will examine key issues affecting U.S. elections and potential ways to strengthen elections and build confidence in their outcomes. Learn more »
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The Montana Election Observation Initiative (MEOI), a nonpartisan election observation effort supported by Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ, announced today plans to conduct a pilot election observation in Missoula County, Montana during the state’s June 4 primary. Learn more »
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is celebrating its 75th anniversary since its establishment in 1948. We are witnessing a low point of the modern human rights movement. Karin Ryan writes that it is time to take stock and renew our commitment to universal values.
Carteris monitoring protests at universities across the United States, and at Emory in particular. We stand in support of freedom of opinion, expression, and assembly as central tenets of democracy. Learn more »
Carterwill convene its 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum on May 14, 2024. This free, in-person and virtual event explores pressing mental health issues in Georgia and the rest of the country. This forum will emphasize inclusivity, equity, and resilience in mental health advocacy. Learn more »
TIME named Jimmy Carter to the inaugural 2024 TIME100 Health, a new annual list of 100 individuals who most influenced global health this year. In 1986, when the Carter Center launched its Guinea worm eradication program, the parasitic disease—which creates agonizing lesions on the skin from worms that are ingested as larvae in contaminated water and grow up to a meter in length inside the human body—was endemic in 21 countries, striking 3.5 million people per year.
Carterand Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on May 17 will bring together civil servants, former secretaries of state, and Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs to discuss how the Guiding Principles of Election Administration can be effectively applied to a national post-2024 context as well as ways to help influence local practices and reforms in election administration. Learn more »
Israel faces mounting pressure from the U.S. to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in the wake of the tragic killing of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen on April 1 and the harrowing toll of the war, which has already claimed over 30,000 Palestinian lives and more than 1,160 Israeli lives.
Cartertoday published “Modernizing Sino-U.S. Confidence-Building Measures: Cold War Case Studies and Chinese Perspectives,” the latest installment in the Finding Firmer Ground report series examining how rising Sino-American tensions have prompted widespread discussion of a “New Cold War.” Learn more »
Georgia Public Broadcasting
In 2014, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter released A Call to Action, a book about what he labeled the "No. 1 challenge in the world today": the abuse of women and girls. Carter's writing was the result of the Carter Center's work with faith leaders to advance human rights and women's rights.
Houston Chronicle
A growing number of Americans are concerned about the legitimacy of election results, and it’s partly due to the hyper-partisanship in politics nowadays.
Cartertoday released a new Journalism Resource Guide for Mental Health Reporting. The guide – developed in part with funding from the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM), and in partnership with the World Psychiatric Association and the International Center for Journalists – is available in English and Spanish and provides up-to-date statistics, resources, and guidance on how to report on mental health issues accurately and sensitively. Learn more »
Carterurgently calls for a ceasefire in Sudan and implores all factions involved — military and civilian, local and international — to immediately embark on a path toward peace through dialogue and negotiation. Learn more »
The Associated Press
As an independent, Christian Miller can’t vote in Pennsylvania’s closed presidential primary in April. He said it wouldn’t matter even if he could.
Carterjoins Election Reformers Network and Protect Democracy in commending the recently published ethics guidelines for election officials by the American Law Institute and the National Association of Election Officials (The Election Center). Learn more »
The Center’s Democracy Program and Georgia Tech’s Institute for People and Technology are supporting one fellowship during the spring 2024 academic semester for a doctoral candidate researching the intersection of technology and democratic governance. Learn more »
A year since Carterannounced that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was receiving end-of-life hospice care, Carter continues to defy the odds.
Dracunculiasis, or guinea-worm disease, is on the verge of eradication. Cartersays only 13 provisional human cases of the disease were reported worldwide in 2023.
Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ's 2023 report showed a remarkable reduction in Guinea worm cases, bringing the ancient parasitic disease closer to being eradicated. Alix Boisson-Walsh reports.
CBS News
Former President Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care for a year, and yet, the 39th President of the United States lives on. Thoughts on that from his grandson, Jason Carter.
Clark Dean, Executive Managing Director – Transaction Sciences, Transwestern, has been appointed chair of the Carter Center's Board of Councilors for 2024. Jim Reed, President, YKK Corporation of America, has been appointed vice-chair. The board comprises 210 members, who serve as a leadership advisory group that promotes understanding among opinion leaders and the broader community of Carterand its activities. Learn more »
Cartertoday released the final report from its international election observation mission to Zimbabwe’s Aug. 23 harmonized elections. Learn more »
Cartercondemns the Israeli government’s directive to forcibly transfer Palestinian civilians in Rafah to pave the way for a military offensive and reiterates our call for an immediate ceasefire. This plan is alarming given that an estimated 1.3 million Gazans now reside in overcrowded conditions in Rafah, previously designated as a safe zone. The Israeli government’s directive further undermines prospects for long-term peace and its citizens’ security and prosperity. Learn more »
At a press conference held during its inaugural Mental Health Parity Day today at Georgia’s State Capitol, Carterreleased results of its first Georgia mental health parity awareness campaign. Learn more »
As U.S. democratic principles are being tested, Carterand Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy have proposed guiding principles to ensure that elections are conducted in ways that give Americans greater confidence in their outcomes. Learn more »
Guinea worm could soon be the second human disease to be eradicated. In the 1980s millions of cases were recorded annually in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Now, thanks to huge efforts globally, only 13 reported cases remain. That’s according to Carter- which is leading the international campaign to eradicate the disease.
Guinea worm once infected 3.5 million people every year. Thanks to heroes like Makoy, that number dropped to 13 last year.
The Associated Press
The report by Carterand the Baker Institute for Public Policy lays out 10 principles for trying to balance equal access to the polls with ensuring the integrity of election results.
Carteris pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. Learn more »
Tune in as Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander details how the Center’s Inform Women, Transform Lives project provides ways for women all over the world to have a more meaningful voice and make better decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities. Learn more »
Carterwill host its inaugural Mental Health Parity Day by the Georgia State Capitol. Learn more »
Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ.
The United States Agency for International Development, Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ, and the Information Commission in Dhaka today announced the launch of a new phase of the USAID-funded Advancing Women’s Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh (AWRTI) project. Carterwill implement this project in 10 districts through 2028 to unlock the country’s human potential, especially the potential of marginalized women, to fully utilize the Right to Information Act of 2009. Learn more »
Chicago Tribune
As we look ahead this year, voters in more than 50 countries, including the United States, will go to the polls. The elections will take place during a period of global democratic backsliding and in rapidly changing social media environments characterized by new threats from generative artificial intelligence and tech platforms’ reductions in trust and safety protections. Learn more »
“We’re very concerned about the quality of democracy around the world. There’s been a number of countries where things are moving not in the right direction, including in the U.S.,” David Carroll, director of the Carter Center’s Democracy Program, which oversees election monitoring around the world, told HuffPost.
Virtual event co-hosted by the China Data Analysis & Research Hub, the George H. W. Bush Foundation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ.
VOA News
At a time when growing numbers of young Americans are diagnosed with mental health conditions, media are looking at ways to cover the issue more responsibly.
Join the Carter Center on Jan. 9, 2024, for its Forum in Honor of Jimmy Carter and the 45th Anniversary of the Normalization of U.S.-China Relations at Â鶹´«Ă˝É«ÇéƬ, Atlanta, Georgia.
Carteris aware of more disinformation falsely attributed to its international election observation mission for the December elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Learn more »
The Library of Congress
While our nation continues to mourn the loss of First Lady Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023), here in the Music Division, we are reflecting on her lasting relationships with artists, performers, and creators, both during her time in The White House and the decades that followed.
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