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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 …
New $180 Million Grant Extends Surveillance on Child Mortality Prevention
In this day and age of technology and rapidly developing economies, it seems unimaginable that more than 15,000 children under the age of five die
How Do Task Force Programs Help Create Sustainable Access to Health for All?
In The Task Force’s efforts to help countries provide effective and accessible services that address their citizens’ health needs, four of our programs focus on
Do No Harm: Compassion, Ethics, and Excellence in Global Health Summit
Do global health programs – particularly short-term medical missions and medical supply donation programs – ensure that they are meeting beneficiary and community needs while
Better Data and Drug Quality Drives Children Without Worms’ Efforts to Help Eliminate Intestinal Worm Infections
Director of The Task Force for Global Health’s Children Without Worms (CWW), Rubina Imtiaz, MBBS, shares what she is most excited about this year for
Task Force Informatics Helps Build Comprehensive Profile of Patients with Inherited Metabolic Disorders in Georgia
One of its kind initiative in state aims to better understand the diseases and treatment outcomes. When Bentley Vining was born, he was diagnosed with
CEPI partners with Brighton Collaboration to support safety assessment of vaccine candidates against emerging infectious diseases
Press Release: Oslo, Norway; Atlanta, GA, USA, May 28, 2019 — The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Brighton Collaboration, the largest global
Q&A with the Newest Task Force for Global Health Board Member: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Marketing Officer, Jim Jackson
Jim is a 28- year veteran of the IT industry and has spent the last two decades driving change and creating results in Information Technology
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
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.
