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Dr. David Addiss, Director of The Task Force's Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics and Dr. Jim Lavery, Member of The Task Force's Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition's Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee co-authored a Science Magazine article, Cascading failures in COVID-19 vaccine equity.
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Dr. Bill Foege, Task Force Co-Founder, and Dr. Mark Rosenberg, former Task Force President and CEO wrote an opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Let's be good ancestors and learn these public health lessons.
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Task Force Central Communications Intern Andi Kezh was featured in WABE's Closer Look graduation series with Rose Scott, speaking about her advocacy about cleft palates, Oglethorpe Scholar discusses her journey to graduation
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PROGRAM EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Call for Innovations!! If you have recently been involved with the development of a new strategy, technology or tool with the potential to help NTD programs, The Task Force's NTD-Support Center invites you to apply to showcase your innovation for hundreds of researchers, donors and program implementers who will attend the annual Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs (COR-NTD). Submit by June 15th here.
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The Task Force's Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE) published a report establishing that many critical global needs for building resilient health systems to face pandemic threats can be met by expanded efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis. The report, titled "Building Resilient Health Systems: Sharing Investments in Hepatitis Elimination and Pandemic Preparedness" provides an overview of how investments in achieving hepatitis elimination and preparing for the next pandemic are mutual reinforcing. Learn more.
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Juneka Rembert, Project Team Lead at The Task Force's Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII), former PHII staffer Rachelle Jones, along with several CDC colleagues, contributed to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlighting CDC's MAT-LINK. MAT-LINK is the first surveillance system that links data between a pregnant person and child to assess outcomes associated with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) during pregnancy from multiple clinical sites. Read more.
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CGHE will host a webinar in partnership with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Leaving No One Behind: Interventions that Address Systems and Structures to Reduce Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Disparities. Register here.
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Check out JPHMP Direct's blog post A Path Forward To Build Back Better for Public Health Infrastructure featuring Vivian Singletary, Director of The Task Force's PHII program, as she explores data modernization efforts and the need for a nationwide vision for infrastructure that promotes health equity.
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