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Press Releases
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: 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
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
Press Release: Digital Health Platform, Patientory, Partners with The Task Force
ATLANTA – Patientory Inc. is partnering with The Task Force Global Health to serve as a nonprofit donation option for Patientory clients to donate their
Press Release: CDC Taps The Task Force’s Expertise to Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccine in up to 50 Countries
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has invested an initial $10.7 million in The Task Force for Global Health to help
Press Release: Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination Guides Care of Viral Hepatitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Viral hepatitis vaccination, testing and treatment must continue during the COVID-19 Pandemic” –Dr. John Ward Decatur, GA., May 21, 2020 – The Coalition for Global
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Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center
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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
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