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Blog: Creating Tools for Trust
Written by Noah Louis-Ferdinand Hesitancy towards public health is now something everyone has to care about. Last month, viral myths about COVID vaccines continued to …
Public Health Workforce Ensures Rapid Pandemic Response at Major Central American Port
Photo credit: Gabriella Corrigan At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one quite knew how the unprecedented global health emergency would affect people’s lives,
Q&A with The Task Force Board’s Newest Member: Dr. Stephen Keith
Dr. Stephen Keith, senior medical director of Syneos Health, a global clinical research organization and member of The Task Force’s Board of Directors. The Task
New Board Chair Kent Alexander on NTDs, Kenya visit, and what’s next for The Task Force
New Board Chair Kent Alexander on NTDs, Kenya visit, and what’s next for The Task Force With a passion for community service coupled with legal
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
The Past, Present and Future of Informatics: Q&A with Public Health Informatics Experts
Photo credit: Public Health Informatics Institute By Lisa Jones, PHII Communications Manager and Piper Hale, PHII Assistant Director of Communications On October 6, the Public
Connecting the Dots: WHO and The Task Force’s FACE Program Commemorate Three Years of Global Health Compassion Rounds
By Andi Kezh, Communications Intern Every three months, professionals from across the world come together virtually to discuss an often forgotten facet of the global
CEO Report from Kenya: People I am Grateful for this Thanksgiving
Photo credit: Paul Emerson for The Task Force for Global Health By Patrick O’Carroll, President & CEO of The Task Force for Global Health I’ve
Celebrating 35 Years of the Mectizan Donation Program (MDP): Q&A with River Blindness Experts
Thirty-five years ago, Merck & Co. Inc. was looking for a partner organization to help deliver its medicine to communities affected by river blindness. Merck
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination convene a Side Event at the United Nations for 15 countries to launch a UN Group of Friends to Eliminate Hepatitis
On September 20 in New York City, heads of state, ministers of health, civil society organizations and partners seeking global solidarity in the fight against
TEPHINET at 25: Q&A with TEPHINET Advisory Board Chair Dr. Aamer Ikram
It was a 35-hour journey for Prof. Dr. Aamer Ikram from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Panama City, Panama – a long way to go for a
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.
