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Carter Center — Carter Center The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

The Carter Center is an American non-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter. It is dedicated to advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering worldwide. The center focuses on areas such as peace, democracy, public health, and economic development.

Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 for his diplomatic efforts and advocacy. Rosalynn Carter was a prominent mental health advocate and played an active role in the organization's initiatives, particularly in mental health care and caregiving support. The Carter Center works to resolve conflicts, monitor elections, and combat diseases like Guinea worm disease.12

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Atlanta
The contemporary city
…Carter’s presidency, and the adjoining Carter Center, founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, is a human rights organization. The house where novelist Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind is preserved.
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…Carter’s presidency, and the adjoining Carter Center, founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, is a human rights organization. The house where novelist Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone with the Wind is preserved.
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Rosalynn Carter
with Emory University, founded the Carter Center, a nonprofit human rights organization; Rosalynn served as vice chair of the Carter Center from 1986 to 2005 and as a member of the board of trustees from 2005. From 1986 to 2003 she served on the board of trustees of the Menninger…
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with Emory University, founded the Carter Center, a nonprofit human rights organization; Rosalynn served as vice chair of the Carter Center from 1986 to 2005 and as a member of the board of trustees from 2005. From 1986 to 2003 she served on the board of trustees of the Menninger…
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guinea worm disease
Guinea worm disease through history
…Fund (UNICEF), and the Atlanta-based Carter Center. WHO’s initial goal of eradication by 1995 proved too ambitious, and even the Carter Center’s aim to rid the world of the affliction by the year 2000 was not achieved. However, thanks to these organizations’ efforts, by 2010 the disease was endemic in…
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…Fund (UNICEF), and the Atlanta-based Carter Center. WHO’s initial goal of eradication by 1995 proved too ambitious, and even the Carter Center’s aim to rid the world of the affliction by the year 2000 was not achieved. However, thanks to these organizations’ efforts, by 2010 the disease was endemic in…
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Amadou Toumani Touré
…Africa, often collaborating with the Carter Center, the nonprofit humanitarian organization run by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Touré also was active in trying to resolve disputes in the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of the Congo) and served as a United Nations special envoy to the…
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…Africa, often collaborating with the Carter Center, the nonprofit humanitarian organization run by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Touré also was active in trying to resolve disputes in the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of the Congo) and served as a United Nations special envoy to the…
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