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Deworming efforts reach five billion doses as new coalition promises further progress

Global Health Compassion Rounds 2021 Year In Review
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Control, Eliminate, Eradicate: What’s the difference? Q&A with Epidemiologist Sanjaya Dhakal
Global health has lots of jargon and terms that can be confusing for people who don’t speak it for a living. Ending preventable diseases is

Why We Beat NTDs: Celebrating World NTD Day
January 30 is World NTD Day and World Leprosy Day so this issue of Dispatches reports on neglected tropical diseases and delves into the differences

Heart-to-Heart: Ethiopian Doctor Uses compassion + Medical Training to Fight NTDs
In 30 years of practice, Dr. Zerihun Tadesse has touched nearly every part of the Ethiopian health system. He worked as a general practitioner in

Two-year Study Finds Effective Treatment for Disabling and Stigmatizing Condition
Preliminary results from a two-year study in six countries suggest significant improvement for people affected by lymphedema, thanks particularly to daily hygiene of the affected

Frequent Contact: One Health Worker’s Secret to Reaching Zero Leprosy in Mozambique
Seventy kilometers outside Mossuril, in Nampula Province along the Mozambican coast, Simione Vontade, 29, was bumping along a tropical, sandy road when his car was

Global Health Compassion and Respectful Maternal & Newborn Care: Exploring Intersections & Synergies (Vol. 8)
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Task Force Contributes to Special COVID-19 Session of the World Health Assembly
COVID-19 deaths surpassed five million people globally in November and there have been more than 250 million cases. While American children are now able to

Masterclass Series: ‘Leading and Managing in a Crisis’
By Andi Kezh, Task Force Intern The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear just how essential global pandemic preparedness truly is. It’s not only activities like

MedSurplus Alliance’s Kits4Life Initiative Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Award
This week, Bayer U.S. LLC Pharmaceuticals and the MedSurplus Alliance’s Kits4Life Initiative received the 2021 U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Citizen Award. Kits4Life Founder Greg

Why Give to The Task Force? Q&A with Chief External Relations Officer Lynn Heinisch and Board Member Jim Jackson
As the end-of-year charitable giving season begins, we speak with Task Force Chief External Relations Officer Lynn Heinisch and board member Jim Jackson, Chief Marketing

“In polio, the team spirit inspires me everyday”: Polio Expert Dr. Fabien Diomande on Winning the Battle
After two decades working in global health and fighting dozens of polio outbreaks across Africa in countries like Cameroon, Madagascar, and Ethiopia, Dr. Fabien Diomande