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Stigma: A Silent Consequence of COVID-19
The toll of COVID-19 is far greater than the 500,000+ people killed so far, the more than 10 million confirmed cases, the loss of work, …
New Treatment Strategy May Accelerate Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
A promising new treatment strategy to accelerate elimination of the disfiguring neglected tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (LF) is expected to roll out later this year
Podcast: Using Informatics to Fight Childhood Mortality
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network aims to reduce childhood mortality around the world by identifying what exactly is killing children under
On ‘Spanish Flu’ Centennial Year, New Funding Renews Push for Universal Flu Vaccine
By Joseph Bresee The development of a universal influenza vaccine has long been a public health goal, but it has thus far proven elusive. The
The Task Force for Global Health Launches New Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics
By David Addiss On a hot August morning along a dusty road near Leogane, Haiti, a farmer approached us, holding his sick infant daughter in
War-Torn Yemen Gets First Mass Treatment for Trachoma
In Yemen’s “forgotten war,” a troop of health workers recently braved their way into remote villages carrying medicines provided by The Task Force’s International Trachoma
African Grants Program Builds Local Capacity to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
Africa accounts for 40 percent of the global burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Last year, The Task Force and its partners launched a USAID-funded
Antibiotic for Trachoma Can Potentially Save Children’s Lives
New research supported by The Task Force’s International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) has found that mass administration of a low-cost antibiotic can dramatically reduce deaths in
Dr. Ann Aerts Discusses New Leprosy Partnership
Head of Novartis Foundation, Ann Aerts, MD, visited our HQ this month to discuss the opportunities for the new Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy. The
New Drug Resistance Test Could Help Strengthen Deworming Programs
A groundbreaking new test to detect drug resistance in intestinal worms is expected to be ready for proof of concept testing early next year. This
The Task Force Moves Into New HQ With Eye to Increasing Program Impact
The last time The Task Force moved into a new building, George W. Bush was president and it had seven programs and 40 employees. Ten
Program to Improve Quality of Medical Supplies and Equipment Donations Joins The Task Force
In 2010, Haiti received a flood of medical supplies and equipment donations after an earthquake ravaged the small island nation but much of the equipment
Trailblazing the End of Trachoma: Four Reasons for Optimism in 2018
By Paul Emerson When the International Trachoma Initiative first opened its doors in 1998, there were many large knowledge gaps in the transmission and control
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.
