Expert speaks on Jimmy Carter's mission to treat neglected tropical diseases

(24 Feb 2023)
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1. Statue at Carter Center representing river blindness
HEADLINE: Carter's mission to treat neglected tropical diseases
2. Exhibit about guinea worm

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Frank Richards, Senior Advisor, The Carter Center:
“The diseases that we work on are diseases that primarily afflict very poor people. And President Carter has always been passionate about the poor. And part of that passion involves the health of poor people. And there are many things that we can do to help the poorest of the poor who suffer from diseases that we call neglected, mainly because they're not mainstream diseases.”

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Ouanaminthe, Haiti – 7 October 2009
4. Carters visiting health center in Haiti
ANNOTATION: Dr. Frank Richards serves as a senior advisor at the Carter Center. For nearly 20 years, he has worked to prevent and eradicate neglected tropical diseases.
5. Blood tests administered to baby
6. Rosalynn Carter holding a baby at the center
ANNOTATION: Dr. Richards has traveled with former President Carter to several countries to provide treatments for debilitating diseases such as river blindness.
7. Various of Massacre River
8. Exterior of health center

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9. Various of Plains, Georgia exhibit inside museum

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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Frank Richards, Senior Advisor, The Carter Center
“I think President Carter's interest in some of the diseases I work on, which are the diseases of the poor, stem from his childhood, from his upbringing. I mean, his mom was a nurse and they lived in a part of Georgia where a lot of diseases occurred that we work on. For example, trachoma, a disease of the eyes occurs or used to occur in Georgia and Plains, Georgia. So I think he can remember as a child these conditions and what his mom was able to do about them. And I think that really influenced his passion for the kind of work we did.”

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11. Various of Exhibit about guinea worm

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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Frank Richards, Senior Advisor, The Carter Center
“So a great story that I have. We were in Nigeria and we were in Plateau in Nasarawa state, which is in central Nigeria. we're driving along and lining the road were Nigerian schoolchildren, all in different uniforms from their schools holding signs and different signs like, ‘Thank you, President and Mrs. Carter. We no longer have guinea worm,’ or ‘Thank you, President Carter, because I don't urinate blood anymore.’ That's a condition schistosomiasis that we work on.”

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Dajabon, Dominican Republic – 7 October 2009
15. STILL of U.S. President Jimmy Carter giving a book from his foundation to a member of the Taveres family during a visit to the La Bomba neighborhood in Dajabon, Dominican Republic during a trip focusing on ridding the island of malaria


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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Frank Richards, Senior Advisor, The Carter Center

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Dajabon, Dominican Republic – 7 October 2009
17. former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, listening to Juan Taveres at his house in the La Bomba neighborhood
18. U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, gesturing during a visit to the La Bomba neighborhood in Dajabon, Dominican Republic

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