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News Articles: The Carter Center

An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is shown following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2016.   File photo by REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman

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  • Health Care

Here's how Georgians with Medicaid or private insurance can get mental health, addiction treatment

Insurance coverage of mental health is the law now, and The Carter Center through an awareness campaign is driving people to a website that provides specific instructions to go access mental health services.

November 27, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Rosalynn Carter at the 1975 Mental Health America Conference, formerly the Mental Health Association Annual Conference.

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  • News

Historian: Rosalynn Carter made 'the world a more caring place'

Carter historian E. Stanly Godbold says Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96, made "the world a more caring place."

November 20, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993

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  • Obituaries

Pioneering former first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96

Rosalynn Carter, partner of 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, changed the way Americans view mental health, and spent decades reducing stigma and fighting diseases through her work at the Carter Center.

November 19, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Several Guinea worms under a microscope

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  • Health

Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes near eradication of this disease

When The Carter Center assumed leadership of the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program in 1986, about 3.5 million human cases occurred annually in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Now, there are roughly 13 human cases.

February 21, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
People wait in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Carter Center to monitor midterms in Fulton County

The Carter Center will provide nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia. The Center, co-founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter, announced Thursday it agreed to observe Fulton voting and vote-counting at the request of a bipartisan group of Georgia elections officials.

October 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Rosalynn Carter speaks at the Carter Center in 2019.

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Pioneering first lady and advocate Rosalynn Carter turns 95

Rosalynn Carter's work is overdue for recognition. She has been married to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for 76 years, but her achievements as first lady and at the Carter Center stand alone.

August 18, 2022
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  • Kristi York Wooten
A girl with a backpack wearing a mask

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  • Children's Health

Carter Center Director Shares Resources For Children's Mental Health

The coronavirus pandemic has hit public school systems hard with many kids still attending classes online. And for some students that’s taking a significant toll on mental health. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.  

February 18, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Winston Churchill visiting bomb-damaged areas of the East End of London, Sept. 8, 1940. Erik Larson's new book, 'The Splendid and the Vile,' dives into the details behind how Churchill guided the U.K. through the hardships of the London Blitz.

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Erik Larson's 'The Splendid And The Vile' Illustrates Churchill's Leadership During The London Blitz

On May 10, 1940, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium, and Winston Churchill was named Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He addressed the House of...

March 06, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jesse Nighswonger
Paige Alexander

New Carter Center CEO Chosen To 'Carry Forward The Vision'

The human rights organization founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, announced Friday it appointed a new chief...

February 14, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Gov. Brian Kemp

Kemp's Medicaid Waiver Proposal Met With Backlash From Carter Center

Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposal to expand Medicaid with a waiver-application process is being met with backlash.

December 17, 2019
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Fulton County School District Director of Student Discipline, Prevention and Intervention Maribel Bell speaks with Clayton County Juvenile Court Judge Steven C. Teske at The Carter Center on Monday, April 15, 2019.

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  • Health

Carter Center Hosts Forum On School-Based Mental Health

The first of six regional School-Based Behavioral Health Forums was held this week at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Panels addressed ways to make the...

April 17, 2019
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  • Ellen Eldridge
"President Carter: The White House Years," written by Stuart Eizenstat (right), is a comprehensive history of the Carter administration's accomplishments and failures.

With New Book, Former White House Official Gives President Carter His Due

Stuart Eizenstat has worn many hats: U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, international lawyer. He was also...

April 30, 2018
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  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Adam Ragusea
Carter during a Google Hangout session held during the LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights Summit in 2014.

Carter Fears Global Effect Of US Approach To Human Rights

Jimmy Carter says he's concerned that the Trump administration's approach to foreign policy will hasten declining support for human rights in other...

May 09, 2017
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  • Kathleen Foody and
  • Associated Press
Former Vice President Al Gore deliverings the opening keynote at the Climate and Health Meeting at the Carter Center in Atlanta

Climate Change And Public Health Converge At Al Gore's Conference

Several hundred climate scientists and public health professionals descended on the Carter Center in Atlanta today. It was for a climate and health...

April 19, 2017
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  • Stephen Fowler
Temperatures are up and ice cover is down in the Arctic. Scientists say climate change is altering the region faster than other parts of the planet.

Atlanta Conference Highlights Global Warming Threats

There’s a major climate change conference on Thursday in Atlanta. It’s happening at the Carter Center, but only because it was canceled by the Centers...

February 15, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
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