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The Task Force for Global Health's Fiscal Year 2025 annual report “Before & After: Sustainable Results” is live! Despite the many shifts experienced in global health over the past year, The Task Force and our partners continued to advance innovation and achieved significant progress in capacity-building and sustainability in nearly 140 countries.

This report follows the journey from when we first saw a problem, took coordinated action with partners, and developed solutions in ways never before imagined. It celebrates the detections, diagnoses, and decisions made by our programs and offers inspiration to those seeking to innovate and reimagine public health systems all over the world, because understanding the before and after of each initiative equips us for the health risks of tomorrow.

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2025 Annual Report - The Task Force for Global Health Annual Report 2025 Scroll Down Download 2025 Annual Report Over the past year, global public health has undergone profound change. Funding has tightened, longstanding partnerships are shifting, and the roles of donors, technical experts, and national governments continue to evolve. In moments like t...

Research has shown that routine vaccine infrastructure improves a country's ability to respond during a pandemic. These findings underscore the importance of our PIVI program, which works with partners to create sustainable vaccination programs in low- and middle-income countries. Read more about PIVI's recent study in this Charity Journal article:

PIVI study shows flu vaccination systems improve pandemic readiness A new PIVI study has highlighted the link between existing vaccination systems for influenza and COVID-19 readiness.

Announcing the release of MDP’s Annual Highlights for 2025, a report of achievements of the Mectizan Donation Program in the past year.

This year's highlights publication contains
➡️ a summary of events in 2025
➡️ a report on Mectizan treatments approved and the number of people who no longer need Mectizan treatment,
➡️ a look back at celebrations marking five billionth Mectizan treatments donated (and counting),and
➡️ reflections on a year of achievements and challenges


https://mectizan.org/news_resources/2025-mectizan-donation-program-annual-highlights/

For more than 25 years, the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), a program of the The Task Force for Global Health, has worked as part of a global network of partners, health ministries, and communities to ensure life-saving donated medicines reach the people who need them most. Learn more about this incredible work on ITI’s new website: https://www.trachoma.org/

Learn more about this 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒, 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅-𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌.

: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗦𝗟 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲.

𝖨𝗇 𝖲𝗂𝖾𝗋𝗋𝖺 𝖫𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗎𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗃𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒-𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺, 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾. 𝖠𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖧𝖨𝖵 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽.

𝖢𝖧𝖠𝖬𝖯𝖲 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍. 𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝖺𝗅𝖾𝖽 that 48% of 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋-five deaths were lin𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 ma𝗅𝗇𝗎𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝖨𝖵 𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖽𝗎𝗅𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗀𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝗎𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖧𝖨𝖵 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌.

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At The Task Force for Global Health, we know how powerful data modernization can be for public health, but how do we make sure everyone else sees that power, too?

We are excited to share a new resource from the Public Health Informatics Institute. This toolkit is built to help public health professionals communicate the value of their work more clearly. Take a look!

The new Data Modernization Communications Toolkit helps public health agencies clearly explain the value of data modernization, build support, and tell compelling stories about their work to partners and colleagues. In partnership with PHIG national partners, PHII developed this resource to support data modernization teams at every stage. Explore the toolkit: https://buff.ly/tjlf2kd

Today, we’re highlighting Dr. Malembe S. Ebama, Director of SONAR (Strengthening Outbreak Notification and Response). Dr. Ebama brings a unique perspective to The Task Force for Global Health, with a career spanning from HIV prevention to providing technical support for global vaccine initiatives. She leads SONAR’s mission to strengthen early-warning surveillance systems across Africa and Asia, ensuring countries have the infrastructure and policies needed to identify outbreaks at their earliest stages.

Her current work includes a Global Fund-supported Climate and Health initiative across six African countries that helps predict outbreaks like malaria and cholera by tracking climate patterns. Additionally, she leads a Gates-funded project in Africa and Asia focused on RSV. By gathering evidence on how this virus affects communities, her team is paving the way for life-saving vaccines to be introduced through Gavi.

Dr. Ebama’s leadership in workforce development and sustainable health investment continues to shape how we protect community health worldwide.

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“As we approach Mother’s Day, I’ve found myself reflecting on this brave new mother in Zambia and the people who have shown up at the right place and the right time in my own life.”

Amanda Bolster, Director of Communications and Development at the Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives (PIVI), shares about her time in Zambia, where The Task Force for Global Health’s PIVI program, and its partners like Ciheb-Zambia, are supporting a dual vaccination campaign to protect health workers against influenza and hepatitis B.

While visiting a rural health center, Amanda and her colleagues encountered a mother in active labor with life-threatening complications. With the nearest ambulance an hour away, PIVI’s partners and the on-site nurses stepped in to assist with the delivery, saving mother and baby.

Vaccination programs do more than prevent disease. They ensure that frontline health workers remain healthy and available to provide critical care to their communities, strengthening the local health system and protecting future generations. 📖 Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4dlc3CW