Guinea News News Guinea » Health: Guinea signs health agreement with US
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAKAR, March 2 (Reuters) - Guinea and the United States have signed a five-year health cooperation agreement totalling nearly ...
News Guinea » Health: Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
JARWENG – Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people. Rarely fatal but searingly painful and ...
News Guinea » Health: Inside Jimmy Carter's fight to eradicate the Guinea worm
In 1986, international health experts decided to eliminate the Guinea worm disease. The campaign was led by the Carter Center, founded by former President Jimmy Carter. A daily routine for women and ...
News Guinea » Health: Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed
Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — ...
News Guinea » Health: World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center
ATLANTA (AP) — There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced Friday by The Carter Center. The new mark comes barely a year ...
News Guinea » Health: Carter Center hails new record-low for Guinea worm cases, bringing disease 'closer than ever to eradication'
ATLANTA — The Carter Center is hailing a new record low in worldwide Guinea worm cases, with only 10 reported in 2025. The Carter Center has long worked to eradicate the disease, going back to Jimmy ...