The Task Force for Global Health

In preparation for the summer 2019 launch of the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination, The Task Force for Global Health invites all those working to eliminate viral hepatitis to submit photos that capture their work in action to the #HepEliminationInAction photo contest. The contest opens on April 2, 2019 and deadline for submissions is May… Read More

For people with disfiguring lymphedema, the hope that a drug may help reduce inflammation and swelling — potentially returning to them a life of dignity — is huge cause for celebration. The video below chronicles the work of The Task Force’s Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center (NTD-SC) and its partners in assessing the effectiveness of… Read More

Spotlight on International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) Supply Chain Manager, Carla Johnson Carla Johnson recently rediscovered a photo of herself. In it, she was six years old, standing in front of a poster she had created for kindergarten class. The poster was filled with hand-drawn renderings of a train, a ship, and an airplane. Little did… Read More

Professor Suma TK tells us what it is like being a woman in public health.   Dr. Upendo Mwingira tells us what it is like being a woman in public health.

Deworming efforts in Bangladesh are about to receive a significant boost as the country reshapes its national soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) control program with support from the Children Without Worms program (CWW) at The Task Force for Global Health. Deputy Program Manager for lymphatic filariasis and STH in Bangladesh, Jahirul Karim, MBBS, says that until recently,… Read More

The latest member to join The Task Force for Global Health’s Board, Kent Alexander, has held many distinguished roles over the course of his 30-plus-year career. He served as a United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, senior vice president and general counsel for Emory University, general counsel for the global humanitarian organization,… Read More

By Vivian Singletary As the Digital Revolution continues to unfold, public health faces fresh challenges related to data and technology. Historically, public health has relied on paper records — think manila file folders sitting on a shelf in a doctor’s office — generated by healthcare and transmitted through manual means to conduct its crucial disease… Read More

Approach Could Prove Revolutionary for U.S. Public Health In what could be a transformative step for public health in the United States, Houston and Utah became the first locations to implement an approach that allows health care providers to automatically send information about reportable diseases to public health agencies using a new and innovative electronic… Read More

The Task Force for Global Health and its global partners have crafted a far-reaching, seven-step action framework to modernize, strengthen, and expand global Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs). It is now well understood globally that a well-trained and resourced army of field epidemiologists is essential for a country’s ability to detect and combat disease outbreaks…. Read More

For the first time, public health officials and researchers around the globe will have access to accurate and timely data about the causes of death in children under age five in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The data release is part of an ambitious and comprehensive initiative called Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)… Read More