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Elimination Champions Honored for World Hepatitis Day
July 28th marks World Hepatitis Day to enhance awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that causes a range of health problems, including …
Video: Tracking Maternal and Newborn Opioid Addiction to Improve Treatment and Services
The U.S. opioid epidemic affects all ages, even newborns born to addicted mothers, and recent reports from doctors warn that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause
Largest Infectious Disease Survey Reaches 50th Country Milestone & 10 Million People
The Tropical Data project, formerly known as the Global Trachoma Mapping Project, hit a milestone this year as it began disease surveys in Sierra Leone,
Disease Detectives Tackle COVID: Reports from Around the Globe
Africa experienced a 43% jump in COVID-19 deaths this month as infections and hospital admissions continue to rise and medical supplies fall short, according to
Boosting Global COVID Vaccine Rates
Lack of access to COVID vaccines is preventing many low- and middle-income countries from protecting their citizens and helping end the pandemic. Countries with the
Watch: The Path to Zero Leprosy in Ghana
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, seems like a disease only found in history books, but it affects roughly 200,000 new people each year. That’s
Q&A: Lori Warrens Discusses Managing Medical Supply Donations
At the start of the pandemic, hospitals, frontline responders, and essential businesses faced grave shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), resulting in mass emergency shipments
Slideshow: Journey to Sierra Leone for the Debut of a Breakthrough Polio Vaccine
Sierra Leone recently became one of the first countries to roll out a new vaccine intended to reduce cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Clinical trials have
Panel: Let’s Talk About Being Asian in Public Health
A South African with Indian and Indonesian heritage. A Texan shaped by unforgettable Filippino roots. An Indian immigrant to America. And the daughter of Chinese
What We Mean by Health Equity
The Task Force for Global Health was founded nearly 40 years ago to advance health equity. Here is what health equity means to us. In
Perspectives from the UN Women Session: Achieving Gender Equality
By Waithera Kagira-Watson, Senior Associate Program Director, The Task Force’s Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center (NTD-SC) I recently had the honor of participating in the
Listen: Join a Research Trip to Lamu, Kenya
A research team from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) traveled to Lamu, an island in the Lamu Archipelago off the coast of Kenya, in
Reshaping Intestinal Worm Programs to Include Women Focus
When The Task Force’s program on intestinal worms was established in 2006, the focus was on children because infections lead to malnutrition and deficiencies like
Header photo caption: A drug distributor travels long distances to a remote village in Cameroon to get medicines for onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis to marginalized societies most in need.
