Task Force for Global Health Welcomes New CEO Dr. Patrick O’Carroll
The Task Force for Global Health announced that its Board of Directors has chosen Patrick O’Carroll, MD, MPH as the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. O’Carroll currently serves as The Task Force’s Head of Health Systems Strengthening. He will succeed David A. Ross, ScD, who announced in February that he would be retiring as president and CEO.
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is a 72-year-old river blindness patient in Cameroon’s Bafang district who has benefitted from The Task Force’s Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP) since 2004. She says the treatment has helped save her eyesight and she’s now able to look after her grandchildren. An estimated 205 million people, mostly in Africa, are at risk for river blindness. The disease is categorized as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) because the people it affects are among the most marginalized in society.
Ngo Yeba Anastasie, Participant,
is a 72-year-old river blindness patient in Cameroon’s Bafang district who has benefitted from The Task Force’s Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP) since 2004. She says the treatment has helped save her eyesight and she’s now able to look after her grandchildren. An estimated 205 million people, mostly in Africa, are at risk for river blindness.
