Former US President Jimmy Carter leads delegation to Africa

(12/02/2007)

Former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are leading a delegation of senior-level Carter Center officials on a tour of Africa to bring international attention to health needs among impoverished communities in Ghana, Sudan, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

The tour, which began in Ghana on 6^th February and will end in Nigeria on 16^th February, will also provide opportunities for senior Carter Center officials to meet with African dignitaries and visit rural communities in an effort to bring global awareness to the prevalence of preventable diseases.

In Ethiopia, President Carter will attend the opening meeting of the Ethiopian Public Health Training Initiative’s Replication Conference in Addis Ababa. The conference, the first of its kind, will illustrate the success that the Carter Center-assisted public health training has had in helping Ethiopia meet the growing need for trained health care workers in the country.

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