World Health Organization head on bond with Jimmy Carter: 'I …
Jan 9, 2025 · In 2023, Rosalynn Carter received the WHO Award for Global Health for her work on mental health issues. The Carters supported Tedros' bid to become the first African...
Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter Honored by World Health ...
ATLANTA (May 24, 2021)—Former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter was recognized today by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 50 years of leadership to help improve access to health care for all people with mental health and substance use issues.
President Carter’s resolute, humble leadership saved millions, …
Jan 11, 2025 · In 1995 during Sudan’s civil war, President Carter astutely negotiated a six-month ceasefire to give health workers the space and security to undertake Guinea-worm disease, river blindness and other health programmes.
Honoring 50 Plus Years of Mental Health Leadership - The Carter …
Thanks to Rosalynn Carter’s unrelenting activism for over five decades, innumerable people with mental illnesses today have access to mental health care, insurance payments for it, and the freedom to live a life of dignity and self-worth.
Rosalynn Carter 'Put Her Humanity Into Action'
Nov 20, 2023 · In Geneva, Switzerland, she became the first, first lady to address the World Health Organization. First Lady Rosalynn Carter as special envoy speaks at a welcome ceremony in Jose, Costa Rica, on June 1, 1977.
World Health Organization head on bond with Jimmy Carter: 'I …
Jan 9, 2025 · In 2023, Rosalynn Carter received the WHO Award for Global Health for her work on mental health issues. The Carters supported Tedros' bid to become the first African elected director-general of WHO. It's not just that both men worked in global health and ran in the same circles. Behind the high-profile awards is a close and long-lasting friendship.
Remembering Rosalynn Carter, First Lady, Global Humanitarian
Nov 20, 2023 · Two years later, she became the first sitting First Lady to address the World Health Organization, where she argued that mental health was an aspect of physical health – and that health is a human right,” Pelosi said in a statement offering condolences to the Carter family.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
Dec 30, 2024 · Carter made eradicating Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center, the nonprofit he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, founded after leaving the White House.
Rosalynn Carter honored by WHO for 50 years of MH advocacy
May 28, 2021 · Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter was recognized May 24 by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 50 years of leadership to help improve access to health care for all people with mental health and substance use issues, …
Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady - Vaccinate Your Family
Dec 7, 2023 · Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who passed away in 2023, was a cofounder of the organization. She worked for more than three decades to improve the quality of life for people around the world. A mother of four, she maintained a …