Featured Image: Field epidemiologists conduct contact tracing in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo courtesy of Aggrey Byaruhanga. By The Task Force for Global Health It has been more than two months since the World Health Organization’s declaration of the coronavirus pandemic and, since the crisis began, more than 5.5 million people have contracted the […]
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Could We Have Been More Prepared for the Coronavirus Pandemic?
By The Task Force for Global Health Responding to the scale and impact of the coronavirus pandemic is a challenge the public health community has not faced in the modern era. While all countries are mounting various levels of response, it is the countries with weak health systems that will likely feel the greatest impact. […]
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On ‘Spanish Flu’ Centennial Year, New Funding Renews Push for Universal Flu Vaccine
By Joseph Bresee, MD, Director of the Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction at The Task Force for Global Health. The development of a universal influenza vaccine has long been a public health goal, but it has thus far proven elusive. The April announcement of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Page Family (Larry Page, […]
