Largest Programs

The Task Force for Global Health Inc. reported its three largest programs on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:

The Training Program in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network(TEPHINET): Key highlights from our work this year is to develop, connect, and mobilize a global field epidemiology workforc ... (More)
The Training Program in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network(TEPHINET): Key highlights from our work this year is to develop, connect, and mobilize a global field epidemiology workforce to strengthen public health systems and advance health security: 1) The TEPHINET Secretariat is developing a new strategic plan to drive our work over the next 5 years. 2) Launched a 10-year network-wide learning strategy to ensure a well-trained and professional global field epidemiology workforce prepared to address evolving public health priorities. 3) TEPHINET, CDC, and WHO identified public health leaders to invite as members of the FETP Enterprise Strategic Leadership Group (SLG) to implement the recommendations of the Global Field Epidemiology Roadmap. 4) Entered a new 5-year cooperative agreement with the CDC to execute more than 40 projects aimed at strengthening FETPs, trainees, alumni, and regional FETP networks, as well as improving detection and response to specific public health problems including non-communicable diseases, hepatitis, and COVID-19. 5) Sixteen FETPs received Emergency Capacity Building Grants from TEPHINET to support activities to strengthen their COVID-19 response and build capacity for response to future pandemics. 6) Through funded projects, TEPHINET provided operational support for COVID-19 response activities in 9 countries. 7) Hosted monthly global teleconferences for FETPs to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned during COVID-19 response. 8) Accreditation Working Group developed standards for the accreditation of intermediate-level FETPs as well as a reaccreditation process for accredited FETPs. 9) Provided learning and professional development resources to FETP trainees and alumni, including a new e-learning course on scientific writing, a contact tracing course, and a webinar on becoming a public health emergency responder with GOARN. 10) Convened an expert working group to begin exploring strategies for TEPHINET to support scientific publishing among the field epidemiology community. 11) Together with partners around the world, celebrated the 40th anniversary of FETP. 12) Announced the first World Field Epidemiology Day to be held on September 7, 2021, to raise awareness of the important work of field epidemiologists and advocate for increased investment in building field epidemiology capacity globally. The Public Informatics Institute Program(PHII) provided direct services to the U.S. public health system through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and funding from the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. This funding supported PHII and its partners in efforts to increase the capacity of public health informaticians and other public health leaders and practitioners to improve the collection, management and use of information and information technology for protecting and improving health and reducing disparities. Key activities included providing technical assistance and online tools to state and local health departments in linking to private healthcare electronic records systems for the purpose of electronically reporting disease cases; providing training to public health professionals in essential informatics competencies; convening and managing a forum to inform ongoing nationwide digital contact tracing efforts on COVID-19; and equipping pilot sites across the United States to commence data collection on opioid use disorder in pregnant women. Additionally, PHII is an ongoing partner on a collaborative Gates Foundation-funded project that is collecting data to reduce childhood mortality across the globe; this project is working on mortality surveillance activities at sites in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa. PHII is also engaged with USAID funding to conduct a vendor analysis and software evaluation on the creation and launch of a new, modernized database for tracking neglected tropical diseases. The existence of this database will unify and standardize tracking and data analysis efforts that are part of the global, inter-organizational campaign to eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases. Health Campaign Effectiveness Program: During the 2020 fiscal year, the Program fostered cross-campaign learning and systems change in response to COVID-19's impact on planning, implementation, and follow-up. The advisory body convened by the Program to design the Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition assumed the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to dramatically alter how campaigns function in the future and present new opportunities and challenges for collaboration across campaigns. Thirteen organizations with global reach contributed to and agreed on the Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition design, vision, goal, and theory of change. The Program is building the evidence base on campaign effectiveness and responding to the impact of COVID-19 on campaigns. The Program engaged more than 30 peer reviewers in the development of technical briefs and collection of more than 280 guidance documents, articles, and best practices in cross-cutting topics across health campaign domains. List of countries the Program has engaged with during FY20: Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and S. Sudan The MedSurplus Alliance Program(MSA): is a cross-sector alliance that works collaboratively to improve access to quality donated medical products through accreditation, donation initiatives, capacity-building, technology solutions, and leadership. MSA Accredited Medical Surplus Recovery Organizations (MSROs) and Ascension Health MSA are providing essential medical supplies, devices, and equipment to clinical settings worldwide and low resourced communities in the United States. Annually, MSROs ship over 700 40ft containers of supplies and equip thousands of small medical mission trips. Dispensary of Hope accepted a significant donation of the difficult to obtain drug hydroxychloroquine for distribution in the United States to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus symptoms, childhood arthritis (or juvenile idiopathic arthritis), and other autoimmune diseases. Supplies OverSeas donated over $1,000,000 in PPE and equipment to hospitals, clinics, first responders, free testing sites, and 70 nursing homes. The kits4Life Program includes four medication study sponsors (Eli Lilly, Bayer, Janssen, Sanofi US) and five Medical Surplus Recovery Organizations. Together they collected and donated products from clinical research sites in 25 states. Kits4Life enabled the donation of at least 5,810 medical devices, pieces of equipment, and cases of products to health systems in The Bahamas, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Eswatini, Haiti, Kenya, and the United States of America. COVID-19 Response: Medical product donations make it possible for doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers to combat disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics by providing the supplies and equipment they need. When COVID-19 emerged in Asia, MSROs were well prepared to provide over 9 million masks, gowns, and gloves to combat the initial epidemic. Today as the virus spreads at home, the MSA and its members have turned their attention to meeting local needs. The MSA and its members provide donations, support supply chain collaborations, and provide warehouse services to donors, hospitals, and health systems changing conditions (Less)

The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) works tirelessly for a world free from trachoma, even in the midst of a global pandemic. ITI contributes to the ultimate elimination of trachoma by stewardi ... (More)
The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) works tirelessly for a world free from trachoma, even in the midst of a global pandemic. ITI contributes to the ultimate elimination of trachoma by stewarding Pfizer's donation of Zithromax(R) to treat and preven (Less)

POLIO PROGRAM: Since early April 2019, the Polio Outbreak Response Technical Support Team deployed a total of 14 times to Ghana, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Congo-Brazzaville, and Zambia. In a time of growin ... (More)
POLIO PROGRAM: Since early April 2019, the Polio Outbreak Response Technical Support Team deployed a total of 14 times to Ghana, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Congo-Brazzaville, and Zambia. In a time of growing scale and scope of circulating type 2 vaccine-derived  (Less)