Pursuits
President Carter Prepares to Slay the Guinea Worm: Hoelterhoff
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President Jimmy Carter saw his first Guinea worm poking from the nipple of a sick woman in a small village in Ghana about 30 years ago. Many wells and millions of filters later, he may also see his last.
Carter, 90, told the story as he opened “Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease” at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.