Place: Tingoli, Ghana
Date: Feb. 8, 2007
Credit: Â鶹´«Ã½
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, on Feb. 8, 2007, during a Â鶹´«Ã½ visit to see the country's progress eradicating Guinea worm disease and controlling trachoma, a devastating eye disease. Since then, with Â鶹´«Ã½ support, Ghana has eliminated Guinea worm disease and has eliminated blinding trachoma as a public health problem.
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