By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center As we flip the calendar from 2022 to 2023, there is reason to be optimistic about many aspects of public health. Every January, The Carter Center ...

By Eve Byrd, Director, Mental Health Program Whenever registered voters cast their ballots, election officials are there to serve them.  But these stewards of democracy are increasingly under attack. In the aftermath of the tumultuous ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President, Health Programs, The Carter Center Kelly Callahan, M.P.H., Director, Trachoma Control Program, The Carter Center Dr. Emmanuel Miri, Nigeria Country Representative, The Carter Center Dr. Zerihun Tadesse, Ethiopia Country ...

By Gregory S. Noland, Director, River Blindness Elimination Program, and Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center World Sight Day is the second Thursday in October, and we at The Carter Center and our ...

By Adam Weiss, M.P.H. Director, Guinea Worm Eradication Program Some of the hallmarks of the four-decade Guinea worm eradication campaign, led by The Carter Center, are its agility, data-driven decision making, deep-rooted partnerships, and commitment ...

By Kelly Callahan, M.P.H., Director, Trachoma Control Program, The Carter Center Public health work is always challenging, but some seasons are more challenging than others. And wow, have the last three years been challenging — ...

By Nicole Kruse, Interim Vice President of Development, The Carter Center A family reunion of sorts took place last month in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the annual Carter Center Weekend, when a limited number of ...

By Paige Alexander CEO, The Carter Center This month, I was pleased to sign the Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases, signifying the Carter Center’s 100% commitment to work with dozens of countries, donors, and ...

By Paige Alexander, CEO, and Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health Programs, The Carter Center We at The Carter Center are grieving the unexpected passing of our friend and colleague, Dr. Stephen B. Blount, who had ...

By Eve H. Byrd, Director, Carter Center Mental Health Program During the 2022 state legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly voted unanimously to pass the Mental Health Parity Act, ensuring that the state will enforce ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center There is nothing mysterious about tuberculosis (TB). It has been studied for a long time. We know who the vulnerable populations are, where it is prevalent, ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center Haiti is frequently in the news for all the wrong reasons: devastating earthquakes, extreme poverty, rampant violent crime, political turmoil. The Carter Center is determined to ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center And Adam Weiss, Director, Carter Center Guinea Worm Eradication Program Despite the enormous challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Carter Center and its partner countries ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, M.P.H., Vice President-Health, The Carter Center, and  Gregory Noland, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Carter Center River Blindness Elimination Program The elimination of river blindness in Nigeria’s Plateau and Nasarawa states, as confirmed ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center, and Sarah Yoss, Associate Director of Special Health Projects, The Carter Center When The Carter Center partners with a country to eliminate a disease through its disease-specific ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President, Health Programs, The Carter Center Only one human disease has ever been eradicated; that was smallpox, in 1980 — a tremendous victory for humanity. The term “eradication” is defined ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center and Eve H. Byrd, director, Carter Center Mental Health Program Journalists and the field of journalism are often criticized, in part because they have a habit ...

By Paige Alexander CEO, The Carter Center and Dr. Kashef Ijaz Vice President-Health Programs, The Carter Center The 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly opens Tuesday, Sept. 14. It is a time of ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center Completely wiping out a disease is nearly impossible. In all of history, only one human disease has been eradicated — smallpox, in 1980 after a herculean ...

By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, and Barbara J. Smith, Vice President-Peace, The Carter Center Back in the turbulent 1960s, there was a popular poster — today it would be a meme on social media ...