Film Screening & Panel: The President and the Dragon
Mon, Nov 9 · 3:30 PM Milken Institute School of Public Health Building · Foggy Bottom
First Floor Auditorium. The Carter Center and GWSPH will host a screening of The President and the Dragon, a documentary chronicling President Jimmy Carter’s decades-long effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Since 1986, annual cases have fallen from an estimated 3.5 million to just 10 worldwide in 2025, bringing the disease closer to becoming only the second human disease eradicated after smallpox. A panel discussion following the screening will feature: Rochelle Walensky, former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionChristopher Mores, Interim Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Global Health, GWSPHJessica Van Lobel Sels, Associate Director, Guinea Worm Eradication Program, The Carter Center, GWSPH alumnaEvent Schedule: 3:30 pm – Guest arrival4:00 pm – Film screening, followed by a panel discussion and reception6:45 pm – Event concludes
