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Jimmy Carter consoles a young patient having a Guinea worm removed from her body in Savelugu, Ghana, in February 2007. The Carter Center lead the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. (Louise Gubb/The Carter Center/TNS)Nearly a decade ago, Jimmy Carter said he hoped to outlive a parasitic worm once responsible for inflicting pain on millions of people around the world every year.
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