STAT December 29, 2024
The former president, who died at age 100, gave extraordinary visibility to conditions often overlooked
Former President Jimmy Carter’s oft-stated desire was to see the last Guinea worm die before he did. Though America’s 39th president, who died Sunday at age 100, did not quite achieve that dream, he left a huge legacy in the field of global health.
The causes he espoused are diseases whose names...