IPED Fall 2021 Lecture Series: Carter Center’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program

Please join us in welcoming Amanda Larson as she talks about Carter Center’s Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP). The Carter Center is a nongovernmental organization dedicated to improving people’s lives through preventing diseases, advancing democracy, and resolving conflicts. GWEP aims to completely eradicate the Guinea worm disease through the cooperation of local governments and multilateral organizations.

Larson has been with the organization as both a technical adviser and recruitment consultant since 2019. She has more than seven years of experience in project and program management, and monitoring and evaluation systems, with previous stints in Malawi and Chad. She has an M.A. in international policy and development from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a B.A. in sociology from UC Santa Barbara.

This event is free and open to the public. Please register in advance.