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A new supplement is now available online, A Legacy of Impact in Global Health: Tribute to President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà and Mrs. Rosalynn Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ. Topics cover a wide range of current Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Center health programming — Guinea worm disease, mental health, river blindness, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and the Hispaniola Initiative to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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TIME named Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà to the inaugural 2024 TIME100 Health, a new annual list of 100 individuals who most influenced global health this year. In 1986, when Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà launched its Guinea worm eradication program, the parasitic disease—which creates agonizing lesions on the skin from worms that are ingested as larvae in contaminated water and grow up to a meter in length inside the human body—was endemic in 21 countries, striking 3.5 million people per year.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà has been a longtime source of inspiration, counsel, and wisdom to many in the global health community. For decades, he has led the campaign to make Guinea worm disease the second-ever human disease (after smallpox) to be eradicated, and he has championed many other health causes, from the elimination of several other neglected tropical diseases to mental health and HIV/AIDs.
Published by Health Policy Watch.
According to a report last week by Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, great progress toward eliminating guinea worm has been made, with the number of human cases annually falling from 3.5 million in the mid-1980s to just 13 cases in 2022, poising it to become the second disease in human history that could be eradicated altogether.
Jan. 30, 2023, marked the fourth annual World NTD Day, highlighting the global community’s commitment to ending neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that cause immeasurable suffering among the world’s most marginalized communities. Together Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà and our partners celebrated hard-earned progress to #EndtheNeglect and #BeatNTDs.
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According to Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, there were only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease last year, pushing the illness closer to eradication. The Atlanta-based center was co-founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà and his wife, Rosalynn Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.
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