Source: "Guinea worm a greater challenge than smallpox," Madison Park, CNN, April 6, 2010
Guinea Worm is a parasitic disease which is quite debilitating to its victims. The Carter Center has led a program for three decades to eradicate the disease and it is now predicted that the disease will be gone for good for the entire planet by 2015.
A former colleague, Don Hopkins, was totally dedicated to the eradication of the disease, and I believe it was he who convinced President Jimmy Carter to focus on the disease as a major program of the Carter Center. Congratulations to Don.
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