Carter Center Celebrates 500 Millionth Dose of Hope
Carter Center-supported countries in 2016 surpassed 500 million doses of medication distributed since 1996 to fight neglected tropical diseases.
“Half a billion is an amazing milestone, and it’s well worth celebrating,” said Dr. Frank Richards, who heads up the Center’s programs to combat river blindness, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis. “Even more worth celebrating is the impact that we are having from those treatments. You can’t begin to calculate the good that’s been done.”
Kelly Callahan, director of the Center’s Trachoma Control Program, agreed, saying the milestone symbolizes the Carter Center’s core values:
“It’s not about the number,” she said. “It’s about helping. It’s about caring. It’s about worrying about people and their quality of life. … It’s about people