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New Coalition Aims to Maximize Impact of Health Campaigns
Many countries have set bold goals to prevent and eliminate diseases and a new Task Force initiative seeks to foster collaboration so countries can reach …
New Framework to Assess Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
For the first time, stakeholders across 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have collaborated to develop a unified framework to assess progress against these devastating and
Task Force Hosts Diagnostics Symposium
Experts from non-profit organizations, the private sector and academia came together at a symposium hosted at The Task Force headquarters in Atlanta to discuss strides
Alan Hinman Honored with Award for Achievement in Vaccinology and Immunology
Alan Hinman, MD, MPH, Consulting Advisor at The Task Force’s Center for Vaccine Equity (CVE), recently received the prestigious Dr. Charles Mérieux Award from the
Clinical Drug Trials Offer Hope of Relief to Patients with Stigmatizing Lymphedema
For people with disfiguring lymphedema, the hope that a drug may help reduce inflammation and swelling — potentially returning to them a life of dignity
Celebrating Women in Global Health
Professor Suma TK tells us what it is like being a woman in public health. Dr. Upendo Mwingira tells us what it is like
The Rising Need for Digital Public Health Surveillance
By Vivian Singletary As the Digital Revolution continues to unfold, public health faces fresh challenges related to data and technology. Historically, public health has relied
Q&A with The Task Force Board’s Newest Member: Attorney and Author Kent Alexander
The latest member to join The Task Force for Global Health’s Board, Kent Alexander, has held many distinguished roles over the course of his 30-plus-year
The Task Force Helps Bangladesh Roll Out Plan to Eliminate Intestinal Worm Infections
Deworming efforts in Bangladesh are about to receive a significant boost as the country reshapes its national soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) control program with support from
Digital Bridge Breaks New Ground in 2019, Launches in Two Sites
Approach Could Prove Revolutionary for U.S. Public Health In what could be a transformative step for public health in the United States, Houston and Utah
Ambitious Roadmap Outlines How Countries Can Better Respond to Disease Outbreaks
The Task Force for Global Health and its global partners have crafted a far-reaching, seven-step action framework to modernize, strengthen, and expand global Field Epidemiology
CHAMPS Data Highlights Causes of Newborn and Child Deaths in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
For the first time, public health officials and researchers around the globe will have access to accurate and timely data about the causes of death
A Leprosy Advocate, Who Was Once a Patient, Talks About Stigma, Empowerment, and Treatment
In 2010, Mathias Duck was working at a hospital in his native Paraguay when he began to feel tingling in two fingers of his right
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.
