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

#WearAMaskChallenge
The Task Force Celebrates World Mask Week by joining the World Health Organization’s #WearAMaskChallenge From August 7 – 14, Task Force staff shared pictures and

Is Compassion Essential for Quality Health Care? (Vol. 3)
Hover over the report and use the grey arrows to click through the pages. DOWNLOAD Recording https://youtu.be/Ncsh1qAAPhQ BACK TO FACE’S BEAT

In Honor of World Hepatitis Day: Q&A with Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination Director John Ward, MD
Tuesday, July 28, marks World Hepatitis Day as a call to action against a preventable and curable disease that kills more than 1.3 million people
New Data Project on Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Could Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes
Americans hear a lot about the country’s opioid crisis but less often about ways to counter it and help those impacted by opioid addiction. A

Zero Leprosy Secretariat Director Moves to New Task Force Role
The inaugural Secretariat Director of The Task Force’s Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy, Courtenay Dusenbury, MPH, is handing off that role to take on a

Videos from the Frontlines: Field Epidemiologists Tackling COVID-19
A recent video contest highlights field epidemiologists who are on the frontlines of COVID-19 response around the world, guiding public health interventions and disease surveillance.

Stigma: A Silent Consequence of COVID-19
The toll of COVID-19 is far greater than the 500,000+ people killed so far, the more than 10 million confirmed cases, the loss of work,

Staff Speak Out on Why Health Depends on Racial Equity
In early June, The Task Force for Global Health held an internal, open forum for staff to share their thoughts on racial justice. Participants discussed

Polio Surge Team Supports COVID-19 Response in Ethiopia
Nearly every thread of the global public health fabric has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fight to eradicate polio is no different.

Compassion: A Catalyst for Racial Justice?
This blog was originally posted on the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics’ The Beat. By David G. Addiss and Ashley L. Graham Recent race-related

Compassion: A Catalyst for Racial Justice?
Recent race-related events have exposed a tragic gap between our national self-image – a “nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all

Executive Summary of our Epidemiology of Compassion and Love Meeting
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