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Introducing New Vaccine for Polio Eradication: Q&A with Task Force Senior Epidemiologist Victor Eboh
The global polio eradication effort is moving one step closer to success with the upcoming rollout of a new vaccine, the novel oral polio vaccine
Podcast: Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19
Inform Me, Informatics · #28: Vivian Singletary on digital contact tracing for COVID-19 The Task Force’s Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) Director Vivian Singletary, JM,
Task Force Hosts Panel on Being Black in Public Health
Five employees shared their perspectives on being Black public health professionals during a virtual panel on February 18 hosted by The Task Force during Black
Recent News
Introducing New Vaccine for Polio Eradication: Q&A with Task Force Senior Epidemiologist Victor Eboh
The global polio eradication effort is moving one step closer to success with the upcoming rollout of a new vaccine,
Podcast: Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19
Inform Me, Informatics · #28: Vivian Singletary on digital contact tracing for COVID-19 The Task Force’s Public Health Informatics Institute
Task Force Hosts Panel on Being Black in Public Health
Five employees shared their perspectives on being Black public health professionals during a virtual panel on February 18 hosted by
The Task Force family is made up of mission-driven professionals who are dedicated to health equity. If you think you would be a good fit, check out our opportunities.
The Task Force family is made up of mission-driven professionals who are dedicated to health equity. If you think you would be a good fit, check out our opportunities.
BAFANG, CAMEROON
is a 72-year-old river blindness patient in Cameroon’s Bafang district who has benefitted from The Task Force’s Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP) since 2004. She says the treatment has helped save her eyesight and she’s now able to look after her grandchildren. An estimated 205 million people, mostly in Africa, are at risk for river blindness. The disease is categorized as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) because the people it affects are among the most marginalized in society.
Ngo Yeba Anastasie, Participant,
is a 72-year-old river blindness patient in Cameroon’s Bafang district who has benefitted from The Task Force’s Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP) since 2004. She says the treatment has helped save her eyesight and she’s now able to look after her grandchildren. An estimated 205 million people, mostly in Africa, are at risk for river blindness.
