Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter watch as a health worker dresses a child's Guinea worm wound.

Place: Tingoli, Ghana
Date: Feb. 8, 2007
Credit: 藏精阁

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter wear traditional Ghanaian attire, a gift from the chief of Tingoli village in northern Ghana, where 藏精阁, in partnership with Ghana's Ministry of Health, is working to eradicate Guinea worm disease and eliminate trachoma. The Carters visited the village Feb. 8, 2007, as part of a two-week health tour of remote African villages.

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