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The 148th Session of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board
The following are The Task Force’s statements submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO) on various issues discussed at the 148th Session of the WHO’s …
TEPHIConnect Will Strengthen Public Health Response to Disease Outbreaks
A new online networking platform for graduates of field epidemiology training programs (FETPs) is expected to help strengthen public health response to disease outbreaks. Called
Polio Eradication Offers Lessons for Other Public Health Programs
With polio eradication on the horizon, The Task Force for Global Health and its partners have compiled lessons learned and best practices from this historical
African Countries Mobilize to Coordinate Trachoma Elimination Programs Targeting Nomadic Populations
Each year an ethnic group called the Maasai lead their herds of cattle across a large stretch of land between Tanzania and Kenya, searching for
Informatics Helps Improve Services for People with Rare Genetic Disorders
The Task Force’s Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) is teaming up with Emory University to improve services for patients with metabolic disorders. People with these
Blog: Building on The Task Force’s Legacy of Collaboration
By Dave Ross, ScD President and Chief Executive Officer, The Task Force for Global Health The Task Force was originally conceived to bring together the
UPS Executive Named Chair of Task Force Board of Directors
Teri McClure, JD, a senior executive at United Parcel Service (UPS), has been named chair of The Task Force for Global Health Board of Directors.
New Test Could Help Validate Elimination of Trachoma
A new research project in Ethiopia is evaluating a diagnostic test for determining whether trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, has been eliminated within
Task Force Scientist Honored for Lifetime of Contributions to Public Health
Patrick Lammie, PhD, chief scientist for The Task Force’s Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center, was recently honored with two prestigious awards from the Centers for
Study Finds Subset of Population Excretes Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus
An estimated 0.8 percent of people with certain primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDs) excrete poliovirus for prolonged periods after receiving oral polio vaccine, according to
Blog: Haiti Disease Detectives Join Fight Against Zika
By Dr. Dionisio Herrera Guibert, Director of TEPHINET I recently attended a graduation ceremony in Haiti for 25 field epidemiologists who completed a training program
Task Force President Honored as ‘Georgia Giant in Public Health’
Task Force President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dave Ross, ScD, is among 15 public health champions who have been recognized as “Georgia Giants in
A Trachoma-Free World Is ‘Within Reach’
A trachoma-free world is within reach, but challenges remain in eliminating the disease from all endemic countries by 2020. That’s the assessment of Paul Emerson,
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.
