World Health Organization head on bond with Jimmy Carter: 'I …
Jan 9, 2025 · In 2023, Rosalynn Carter received the WHO Award for Global Health for her work on mental health issues. The Carters supported Tedros' bid to become the first African...
Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter Honored by World Health ...
ATLANTA (May 24, 2021)—Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter was recognized today by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 50 years of leadership to help improve access to health care for all people with mental health and substance use issues.
President Carter’s resolute, humble leadership saved millions, …
Jan 11, 2025 · In 1995 during Sudan’s civil war, President Carter astutely negotiated a six-month ceasefire to give health workers the space and security to undertake Guinea-worm disease, river blindness and other health programmes.
Honoring 50 Plus Years of Mental Health Leadership - The Carter …
Thanks to Rosalynn Carter’s unrelenting activism for over five decades, innumerable people with mental illnesses today have access to mental health care, insurance payments for it, and the freedom to live a life of dignity and self-worth.
Rosalynn Carter 'Put Her Humanity Into Action'
Nov 20, 2023 · In Geneva, Switzerland, she became the first, first lady to address the World Health Organization. First Lady Rosalynn Carter as special envoy speaks at a welcome ceremony in Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 1977.
World Records Fewest Guinea Worm Cases in History ... - The Carter …
Jan 26, 2022 · ATLANTA — Just 14* human cases of Guinea worm disease occurred worldwide in 2021, drawing nearer to the goal of global eradication, The Carter Center announced Wednesday. It is the lowest annual case total ever recorded, and the cases occurred in …
Rosalynn Carter honored by WHO for 50 years of MH advocacy
May 28, 2021 · Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter was recognized May 24 by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 50 years of leadership to help improve access to health care for all people with mental health and substance use issues, …
A Tribute to the Global Health Legacy of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
The global public health legacy of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter cannot be overstated. For more than 50 years, they have leveraged the power of their characters and connections to advance public health in the United States and around the world.
President Carter's legacy in global health and peace - The Atlanta …
Jan 9, 2025 · That meeting in Addis Ababa, some 20 years ago, was immensely important personally. It started a close relationship, built on shared goals of achieving health for all, respecting individual dignity and human rights, and pursuing peace. I was humbled in 2011 to be the first non-American recipient of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian ...
Jimmy Carter leaves behind a global public health work legacy
Dec 31, 2024 · After his presidency, Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter continued working to improve access to mental health. Ramakrishnan said the Carters' work helped to reduce some of the stigma associated with mental health.
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