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COP28: Task Force Expert Q&A on Climate Change and Health
Watch: The Path to Zero Leprosy in Ghana
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, seems like a disease only found in history books, but it affects roughly 200,000 new people each year. That’s
Q&A: Lori Warrens Discusses Managing Medical Supply Donations
At the start of the pandemic, hospitals, frontline responders, and essential businesses faced grave shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), resulting in mass emergency shipments
Slideshow: Journey to Sierra Leone for the Debut of a Breakthrough Polio Vaccine
Sierra Leone recently became one of the first countries to roll out a new vaccine intended to reduce cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Clinical trials have
Panel: Let’s Talk About Being Asian in Public Health
A South African with Indian and Indonesian heritage. A Texan shaped by unforgettable Filippino roots. An Indian immigrant to America. And the daughter of Chinese
What We Mean by Health Equity
The Task Force for Global Health was founded nearly 40 years ago to advance health equity. Here is what health equity means to us. In
Perspectives from the UN Women Session: Achieving Gender Equality
By Waithera Kagira-Watson, Senior Associate Program Director, The Task Force’s Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center (NTD-SC) I recently had the honor of participating in the
Listen: Join a Research Trip to Lamu, Kenya
A research team from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) traveled to Lamu, an island in the Lamu Archipelago off the coast of Kenya, in
Reshaping Intestinal Worm Programs to Include Women Focus
When The Task Force’s program on intestinal worms was established in 2006, the focus was on children because infections lead to malnutrition and deficiencies like
Did You Know About the “Other” Bill?
The highest honor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is called the William C. Watson Jr. Medal of Excellence, in honor of
Building Vaccine Confidence: Q&A with Our Vaccine Expert, Karen Ernst
We spoke with The Task Force’s Voices for Vaccines Director Karen Ernst about the latest rumors and misinformation regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, and how experts
Task Force Joins 74th World Health Assembly
The Task Force is attending the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 74th World Health Assembly, May 24 to June 1. As an official WHO non-State actor,
Joining Forces to Fight Disease in Latin America: Q&A with Mundo Sano and The Task Force
The Task Force and Mundo Sano Foundation, a family foundation based in Spain and Argentina that works to transform the lives of people affected with
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.
