The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After attending Carter's funeral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared memories.
Healthbeat on MSN1d
What Jimmy Carter taught us about public health: Peace, faith, science can work togetherFormer President Jimmy Carter's approach to public health shows how listening, building trust, and showing empathy can achieve big improvements – and how faith and science need not be divided. Experts who worked closely with him in Atlanta share the lessons of Carter's legacy.
Hosted on MSN15h
Jimmy Carter Worked to Eradicate the Vicious Guinea Worm Parasite, Slashing Cases by the MillionsAbout a year after Jimmy Carter left the White House, he founded the Carter Center in 1982, based on a “fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering.” That mission launched him into a post-presidency that was singularly successful in its efforts to beat back the scourges of humanity,
President Jimmy Carter channeled his work on the world ... talking to the leadership of the World Health Organization and UNICEF and other international U.N. agencies. But then he was also talking ...
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, was devoted to global health in the decades following his time in office, particularly through his nongovernmental organization The Carter Center. Along the way, Carter collaborated with some of the biggest pharma companies in the world to deliver innovations that addressed daunting global challenges.
In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world.
Jimmy Carter’s work promoting global public ... talking to the leadership of the World Health Organization and UNICEF and other international U.N. agencies. But then he was also talking to ...
1don MSN
It’s the world’s most exclusive fraternity and, on Thursday, all five members of the so-called presidents club will gather to honor one of their own.
Macon Telegraph on MSN8d
Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphedI would like to see Guinea worm completely eradicated before I die,” Carter said at a news conference in 2015. “I’d like for the last Guinea worm to die before I do. I think right now we have 11 cases.
Healthbeat on MSN21h
Doctor who helped end smallpox reflects on Jimmy Carter, today’s politics, and restoring trust in scienceBill Foege — the man behind smallpox eradication — reflects on politics and public health as Trump prepares to take office.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback