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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 16;111(3_Suppl):1-4.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0357. Print 2024 Sep 3.

A Legacy of Impact in Global Health

Mark L Eberhard  1
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Editorial

A Legacy of Impact in Global Health

Mark L Eberhard. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Countries that have received Carter Center health program assistance past and present are represented in light blue. The Carter Center assisted countries which have been WHO certified as eradicating dracunculiasis transmission (GW), WHO verified as eliminating onchocerciasis transmission (Oncho), or WHO validated as trachoma no longer being a public health problem (Tr). Note that India, Kenya, CAR, and DRC have been WHO certified as eradicating dracunculiasis, but those countries did not receive direct Carter Center assistance. Map courtesy of The Carter Center.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
The Carter Center health program’s cumulative treatments 1996–2022 for river blindness, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths illustrating the effective scale-up of programs. Data courtesy of The Carter Center.,
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Human Guinea worm cases 1986–2022 showing the impact of a highly successful program across numerous countries. In 1989, the first year of national case searches, there were nearly 900,000 cases enumerated.
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