Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they

Carter targeted diseases primarily affecting the poor in remote areas — notably "Guinea worm disease." Because of his commitment, case numbers plummeted from 3.6 million a year to just 13 in 2022.

(Image credit: Louise Gubb/Carter Center)



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