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

Expanding the TEPHINET Network: New Director Shares His Vision for the Program
As of August 2019, The Task Force for Global Health’s Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET), which helps build countries’ disease

Developing a Passion for Research: Q&A with CRFilMT Founder, Joseph Kamgno, MD, PhD,
Without partnerships, much – potentially all – global health work would be fruitless. That is why we decided to catch up with one of our

Blog – Entering the Global Arena: The Task Force’s New Non-State Actor in Official Relations Status with the WHO Brings Unique Opportunities for Collaboration
By: Lori Warrens, MedSurplus Alliance Director The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations (UN) that serves as the UN coordination

Improving Quality of Care at the Core of Health System Strengthening
In 2013, the 90-90-90 goals were set to help end the global AIDS epidemic – by 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will

Slideshow – First Country Model Approach to Zero Leprosy: Nepal
A nurse at a local health post in southern Nepal chats with a team from the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy and the National Leprosy
Guest Spotlight: Melissa Kleine-Bingham of WHO, writes about compassion in global health and the genesis of FACE
“Seeing compassion as a global health issue through the faces of people” – This piece was originally published as a Pulse Blog. “Compassion – the

Blog – Making Wise Choices as We Move Toward Health for All
By: Dave Ross, ScD, President and CEO In February, we met with World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and among the topics that

Changing Course From Soldier to Student: A Q&A with South Sudanese Intern, Garang Buk Buk
Growing up in South Sudan, Garang Buk Buk was no stranger to public health issues. However, he did not always see himself becoming a public

A Digital Revolution: Updating Kenya’s View of Its Health Workforce
Until recently, health professional licensing and credentialing boards in Kenya had to search through floor-to-ceiling stacks of paper records to find health professionals registered in

Supporting a Surge in Polio Eradication Efforts
Polio remains a global health threat, despite the existence of highly successful vaccination programs. Thanks to new funding from the Centers for Disease Control and

New $180 Million Grant Extends Surveillance on Child Mortality Prevention
In this day and age of technology and rapidly developing economies, it seems unimaginable that more than 15,000 children under the age of five die

How Do Task Force Programs Help Create Sustainable Access to Health for All?
In The Task Force’s efforts to help countries provide effective and accessible services that address their citizens’ health needs, four of our programs focus on