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“In polio, the team spirit inspires me everyday”: Polio Expert Dr. Fabien Diomande on Winning the Battle
After two decades working in global health and fighting dozens of polio outbreaks across Africa in countries like Cameroon, Madagascar, and Ethiopia, Dr. Fabien Diomande …
Building Epidemiological Capacity to Slow the Spread of a Pandemic
This article is a sub-article to “Could We Have Been More Prepared for the Coronavirus Pandemic?” See the full article. Health system strengthening is often
Pandemic Preparedness: Developing and Deploying Vaccines
This article is a sub-article to “Could We Have Been More Prepared for the Coronavirus Pandemic?” See the full article. While this pandemic is not
Staff Heroine: Carla Johnson, A Woman of Excellence
On March 5th, many staff members from The Task Force for Global Health kicked off celebrating Women’s History Month by attending Emory’s Women of Excellence
A Man of Scientific Integrity: The Task Force Thanks Walter Dowdle, PhD, for His Many Contributions
On any given day, when Walter Dowdle, PhD, would walk to work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), he would have a
Report from Sri Lanka: Hope for People Living with Lymphedema
In honor of World Lymphedema Day, The Task Force journeyed to Sri Lanka to hear from persons affected by filarial lymphedema – a condition caused
The Ambitious Goal of Beating Neglected Tropical Diseases By 2030
This article was originally published on Medium. One billion. It can be difficult to conceptualize a number so big. If you were to count one
The Epidemiology of Compassion and Love: In the DNA of the NTD Movement
On January 8-10 2020, the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics (FACE) convened a meeting at The Task Force for Global Health on an unlikely topic
Defying Stigma and Discrimination: Being Affected by Leprosy Brings More Challenges Than Just the Disease
World Leprosy Day was on January 26th. Amar Bahadur Timulsina was diagnosed with leprosy at 12 years old. Being from a remote village in Nepal
The 2019 Download
Dear Friends, As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the challenges we’ve overcome and the successes we’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy.
Continuing the War on Worms
Q&A with former STH Advisory Committee Chair and member, Vicente Y. Belizario, Jr., MD, MTM&H “People, parasites, and poverty have a thriving relationship” said Vicente Y.
Vaccine Safety Program Joins The Task Force
In 1999, while giving a presentation at a vaccine conference in Brighton, England, Robert (Bob) Chen, MD, MA, highlighted the challenges surrounding vaccine safety research.
“Who Ya Gonna Call?”: Database and Social Media Platform Makes “Disease Detectives” Reachable
In 2014, one of the biggest disease outbreaks in years was threatening the health of millions in West Africa and potentially the entire world. As
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.
