As Jimmy Carter turns 100, the world is close to achieving one of his life missions: Eradicating Guinea worm disease
- Posted on October 1, 2024
- By The Globe and Mail
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As Jimmy Carter turns 100, the world is close to achieving one of his life missions: Eradicating Guinea worm disease
Carter has led the fight to get to zero since the mid-1980s, with the hope of making it the second human disease to be eliminated after smallpox. Just four cases have been recorded so far this year