Inside the Stories Behind Country-Led Solutions

July 2026

Despite the many shifts experienced in global health this year, The Task Force for Global Health and our partners continued to advance innovation and achieved significant progress in capacity-building and sustainability in nearly 140 countries. This report celebrates the detections, diagnoses, and decisions made to achieve success 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.

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

Global deworming efforts have surpassed five billion donated tablets, protecting millions of children from parasitic infections. Learn how a Task Force program is building on this milestone by relaunching a coalition to help countries sustain progress toward elimination.

Watch how Bangladesh is helping children can grow, learn, and thrive free from intestinal worms.

Task Force elevates hepatitis, malaria, and NTD elimination efforts to world leaders

At the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79), The Task Force joined global partners to advance progress on eliminating hepatitis, neglected tropical diseases, and support collaboration on health system strengthening. Read about key moments from WHA79.

A 9,000-strong network of disease detectives

The South American Field Epidemiology Network has tripled its Field Epidemiology Training Program workforce since 2020. In this new feature from The Task Force’s TEPHINET program, learn how this growing network is strengthening outbreak response and protecting vulnerable Indigenous communities across the Amazon Basin.

Strengthening Outbreak Notification and Response (SONAR) in Malawi

After a record-breaking cholera outbreak in 2023, Malawi began transforming its disease surveillance to save lives. In partnership with The Task Force, with support from the Global Fund, Malawi is strengthening early warning systems.

I'm beating the odds after cancer. Vaccines help me do it.

In a recent blog from the Voices for Vaccines program, Chloe Hong, a cancer survivor, shares how vaccines and herd immunity continue to play a critical role in safeguarding her health.

In The News

The WHO mentioned the International Trachoma Initiative in press releases following the elimination of the disease in Algeria and Libya.

The Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE) was highlighted in HepMag for urging policymakers to maintain universal vaccinations against hepatitis A on April 23, Universal Hepatitis A Vaccination to Sustain Progress Toward Elimination

John Ward, CGHE Director, was recognized in Dawn on June 25 for reviewing the global burden of viral hepatitis at a UN gathering, Pakistan pushes for global action against hepatitis amid alarming WHO findings

An article by the Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics’ Interim Program Director Dr. David Addiss and Associate Director of Business Operations Amy Richards explores what epidemiology might teach us about spreading compassion. It was published in Greater Good Magazine on July 7, How Do We Scale Up Compassion?

Journal Notes:

Research from the Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives and the CDC revealed that countries with seasonal influenza programs achieved 2.5 times higher COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
TEPHINET is looking for Volunteer Abstract Reviewers for both infectious and noncommunicable diseases. Specific areas of need are in subject matter experts in One Health and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Join the CGHE’s upcoming webinar to hear how countries across Africa are turning commitment into action—from advocacy and policy engagement to community mobilization and birth dose introduction. Learn what's working, what's challenging, and what it will take to ensure more babies receive timely hepatitis B birth dose vaccination.
The 2026 World Field Epidemiology Day Theme is: Protecting Communities from Behind the Scenes: The Power of Field Epidemiology. TEPHINET is shining a light on these hidden heroes and the work that happens behind the scenes: the everyday efforts that protect our communities, the outbreaks that never happened, and the field epidemiologists whose impact is measured not by the crises we see, but by the ones we never do. Submit your story here.

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