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Tribute to Jimmy Carter
All of us at The Task Force for Global Health extend our heartfelt condolences to the Carter family, our colleagues at The Carter Center, the
MEDIA ADVISORY: Task Force for Global Health Experts at UN General Assembly
Photo header courtesy of UN Photo/Manuel ElÃas for UN News. Task Force leaders, including representatives from the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination and the Partnership
PRESS RELEASE: Task Force for Global Health Launches Digital Gallery featuring Founder Dr. Bill Foege and others
May 9, 2023, Atlanta, GA – The Task Force for Global Health today launched its annual report, a digital global health gallery that goes beyond
PRESS RELEASE: Pfizer and International Trachoma Initiative Deliver One Billionth Zithromax® Dose Toward Trachoma Elimination by 2030
Photo credit: Sala Lewis/International Trachoma Initiative. NEW YORK, January 30, 2023 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), a program of the independent nonprofit Task Force
PRESS RELEASE: CEPI expands partnership with Brighton Collaboration to support safety assessment of vaccine candidates
20 December 2022; OSLO, Norway: Â The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Brighton Collaboration, based at The Task Force for Global Health, today
PRESS RELEASE: Task Force for Global Health welcomes new Board Chair Kent Alexander
Kent Alexander, Chair of the Task Force for Global Health Board of Directors ATLANTA (December 15, 2022) – The Task Force for Global Health Board
Press Release: Task Force for Global Health Experts at American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference
ATLANTA (October 28, 2022) – Task Force for Global Health experts will speak at The American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) 2022 annual
Press Release: Task Force for Global Health CEO Dr. Dave Ross Receives Metro Atlanta Chamber Heroes of Global Health Award
ATLANTA – The Metro Atlanta Chamber is presenting Task Force for Global Health President and CEO Dr. David Ross its Heroes of Global Health award
Press Release: Task Force for Global Health Welcomes New CEO Dr. Patrick O’Carroll
ATLANTA – The Task Force for Global Health announced today that its Board of Directors has chosen Patrick O’Carroll, MD, MPH as the organization’s next
Press Release: International partners call for a UN Group of Friends to support global hepatitis elimination
NEW YORK – Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination joins U.N. representatives, Ministers of Health, and leaders from over 20 nations to support efforts to reach
Press Release: Task Force for Global Health CEO Dave Ross to Retire This Year
ATLANTA – The Task Force for Global Health announced today that CEO and President David A. Ross, ScD, will be retiring this year. Dr. Ross
Press Release: CDC invests $22.8 million in Task Force program for vaccines in low- and middle-income countries, focus on COVID-19 and influenza Â
ATLANTA – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invested $22.8 million for the first year of a five-year agreement with The Task
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Mark Mckinlay, PhD
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Emily Conron, MPP
Director of Global and Federal Affairs
Joseph Bresee – Pandemics
Director, Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives
Robert Chen – Vaccine Safety
Director, Brighton Collaboration
Katie Gass – Operational Research
Director of Research, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center
Carla Johnson – Supply Chain Logistics
Supply Chain Manager, International Trachoma Initiative
Patrick Lammie, PhD – Neglected Tropical Diseases
Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center
Carl Reddy – Disease Surveillance
Director, Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network
Vivian Singletary – Information Systems
Director, Public Health Informatics Institute
Yao Sodahlon – River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis
Director, Mectizan® Donation Program
John Ward – Viral Hepatitis
Director, Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
Emily Pelton
Business Development Director
