The Carter Center, Inc.

Results: • Leading a coalition that has reduced incidence of Guinea worm disease by 99.99 percent, making it likely to be the first human disease since smallpox to be eradicated • Observing over 100 elections in 39 countries to help establish and strengthen democracies • Furthering avenues to peace in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Liberia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, the Korean Peninsula, Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Middle East • Helping to establish a village-based health care delivery system in thousands of communities in Africa that now have trained health care personnel and volunteers to distribute drugs and provide health education • Strengthening international standards for human rights and the voices of individuals defending those rights in their communities worldwide • Pioneering new public health approaches to preventing or controlling devastating neglected diseases in Africa and Latin America • Advancing efforts to improve mental health care and diminish the stigma against people with mental illnesses.

Target demographics: advance peace and health

Geographic areas served: more than 80 countries since 1982

Programs: The Carter Center Health Programs fight six preventable diseases - Guinea worm, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, and river blindness - by using health education and simple, low-cost methods. The center also strives to improve access to mental health care. These efforts have brought to resource-limited countries better disease surveillance and health care delivery systems, many established as part of the center's historic campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Because communities often are burdened by several diseases, the center also is pioneering new public health approaches to efficiently and effectively treat multiple diseases at once. The Carter Center Peace Programs strengthen freedom and democracy in nations worldwide, securing for people the political and civil rights that are the foundation of just and peaceful societies. The center has become a pioneer in election observation, monitoring over 100 national elections to help ensure that the results reflect the will of the people. Beyond elections, the center seeks to deepen democracy by nurturing full citizen participation in public policy-making and by helping to establish government institutions that bolster the rule of law, fair administration of justice, access to information, and government transparency. A culture of respect for human rights is crucial to permanent peace. The center supports the efforts of human rights activists at the grass roots, while also working to advance national and international human rights laws that uphold the dignity and worth of each individual. When democracy backslides or formal democracy fails, The Carter Center offers conflict resolution expertise and has furthered avenues for peace in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The Carter Center receives broad-based support which is beneficial to all programs and is categorized as cross-program. Expenses aid the achievement of the other program service goals and are considered additions to program service expense.