Tag: Task Force for Global Health
Unsung Saviors: Decatur’s Task Force for Global Health is helping eliminate horrific diseases
Atlanta is a world capital for public health. But unlike some of the other big players based here, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Carter Center, the Task Force for Global Health has operated largely out of the public spotlight—and done so by design, since it was founded in 1984 by former CDC director Dr. William Foege with a mission to boost childhood immunization rates in the developing world.