THE CARTER CENTER Rosalynn Carter greets children in Tingoli, Ghana, during a Carter Center visit in February 2007 to see the country's progress in eradicating Guinea worm disease and controlling trachoma, a devastating eye disease. Since then, with Carter Center support, Ghana has halted transmission of Guinea worm disease and eliminated trachoma as a public-health problem. First in our hearts U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES 36 By Jackie Kennedy U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES First lady Rosalynn Carter continues advocacy Above: In 1977, first lady Rosalynn Carter chairs a meeting in Chicago for the President's Commission on Mental Health. Left: Advocacy for caregiving is one of her lifelong initiatives. Here, she visits a refugee camp in Sa Kas, Thailand, in 1979. Georgia Magazine March 2021