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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Oslo City Hall, Dec. 10, 2002. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at The Carter Center in 1993.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin make a three-way handshake at the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter photgraphed with Dauda Usman and other children suffering from schistosomiasis during his  2007 visit to Nasarawa North, Nigeria.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter listens to community members talk about an outbreak of Guinea worm in Savelugu, Ghana. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter comforts six-year-old Ruhama Issah as Adams Bawa, a Carter Center technical assistant, dresses her extremely painful Guinea worm wound.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with a young girl in Mosebo, Ethiopia. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter shakes the hands of eager schoolchildren during his historic trip to Cuba.
Preparing to count by lanternlight, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter observes poll closing procedures in Monrovia during Liberia's 2005 national elections. Photo of President Carter speaking at an event celebrating the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Photo of President Carter speaking at an event celebrating the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.


President Jimmy Carter Photos

Place: Washington, D.C., U.S.A
Date: June 13, 2006
Credit: Global Health Council


Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes acceptance remarks at an event celebrating the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, honoring extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries. The Carter Center was selected  to receive the award  from more than 60 nominees by a jury of international health leaders in recognition of its pioneering work to fight neglected diseases such as Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis.