Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
ATLANTA –Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter received the 2012 CDC Foundation Hero Award at a ceremony at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC Foundation is honoring President Carter for three decades of visionary leadership focused on building international public-private partnerships to save lives, reduce suffering and provide hope for millions of the world’s poorest people, as well as for his commitment to achieving a more peaceful and healthy world for us all.After the eradication of smallpox was certified in 1980, CDC suggested that eradication of Guinea worm