Efforts also are under way to prevent river blindness in Latin America and Africa.
In Africa, farmers are learning improved agricultural techniques to grow more food for their families and boost the economy. In the United States, Carter Center programs are seeking to improve services and treatment for the 50 million Americans who experience mental illnesses every year. Guinea worm will be only the second disease after smallpox to be eradicated. Fighting river blindness in Africa and Latin America through a global coalition to distribute medicine to control the disease. Helping farmers in Africa double, triple, or quadruple their yields of maize, wheat, and other grains. .