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Article: Jimmy Carter Calls for Urgency in Fight to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease in West Africa; Ghana Accepts Challenge.

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February 4, 2004
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Byline: The Carter Center

TAMALE, Ghana, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, 650 kilometres north of Ghana's capital city, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and senior officials from The Carter Center, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF made a historic visit to the endemic Guinea worm village of Dashie to urge Ghana to finish the eradication of Guinea worm disease.

Director-General of WHO Dr. LEE Jong-wook and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Kul C. Gautam joined Carter on the field trip hosted by the Ghana Minister of Health Dr. Kweku Afriyie.

"There is no excuse for the unnecessary suffering caused by Guinea worm disease," said ...

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