The Guinea Worm Eradication Efforts of Jimmy Carter

This chapter discusses the efforts made by former President Jimmy Carter to eradicate guinea worm disease, a painful and debilitating parasitic infection. The episode highlights the simplicity of the solution, which involves educating people about the disease, providing medical care, and using simple filtration methods to prevent the spread of the infection. It mentions that Jimmy Carter started this initiative when there were millions of cases, and now, at the age of 99, he is close to achieving his goal as only six cases have been reported in the first eight months of the year.