Remembering Global Health Advocate Jimmy Carter
January/February 2025 | Volume 24 Number 1
Photo courtesy of Carter Center
Former President Jimmy Carter, upper right hand corner, oversees treatment of a child in Ghana.
“People in resource-poor countries have the same hopes, work ethic, and dreams for their children as you and I; they are just as decent and intelligent. When they receive the right tools and training, they will implement the solutions themselves."
Former U.S. President James Earl ‘Jimmy’ Carter passed away on December 29, 2024. Carter's legacy as a U.S. president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner for the
Camp David Accords and the
Guinea Worm Cease-fire is only aided by his reputation as a passionate advocate for public and global health. Through the
Carter Center, a non-profit organization he established in 1982, he focused his efforts on eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in low-and-middle-income countries by providing funding, health education and simple, low-cost prevention and treatment methods to eliminate several of these preventable diseases. In addition to his work through the Carter Center, he championed the
WHO African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control and was involved in several other WHO programs and task forces aimed at eliminating NTDs. The Fogarty International Center honors his legacy as a former U.S. President, and passionate advocate for global health and ending human suffering.
Updated February 12, 2025
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