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The role of data in the fight against NTDs
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Imagine living your life struggling under a debilitating illness that restricts movement, causes agonizing pain or even leaves you blind. Now imagine doing so knowing that your disease is preventable, and that the treatment that would restore your health and function costs less than $5. This is the reality for many people who live with one of the 17 neglected tropical diseases.

I’m so gratified to be part of a team working toward a solution of elimination, eradication and control of these devastating illnesses! In the video below, I provide an overview of the Neglected Tropical Disease Scorecard project, a collaborative effort of PHII and Sightsavers conducted under a Gates Foundation grant.

Task Force at 40: How our work and culture continue to shape each other
Task Force employees celebrated The Task Force's 40th anniversary on March 14, 2024.
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Tonya Duhart Miller, Associate Director of Business Operations at PHII, celebrates International Women’s Month
As March marks Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8), Task Force women in leadership reflect on their leadership philosophy, who inspires them, and what keeps them motivated to work in public health.
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Stories chronicle success in improving child and adolescent mental health
Lina Saintus highlights successful ways public health organizations have used data to measure and improve child and adolescent mental health (CAMH).
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Reflections on the past year and looking forward to 2024
PHII Director Vivian Singletary gives well wishes for the new year: I encourage you to embrace life. Live it to the fullest; don't wait!
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Immunization information systems: why they matter and what’s next!
PHII’s Charisse LaVell and Treonda Chapman summarize the history of immunization information systems (IIS) in the U.S., how IIS changed during COVID and what’s ahead.
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Exploring data modernization in action with ‘DMI Stories from the Field’
Senior Informatics Analyst Sarah Shaw explains how “DMI Stories from the Field” illustrate what successful data modernization for states and jurisdictions looks like in practice.
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PHII bids farewell to Sabanur Cavdar
PHII expresses our gratitude for the Humphrey Fellow Sabanur Cavdar's contributions to our work.
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A path forward to build back better for public health infrastructure
PHII Director Vivian Singletary discusses using an equity lens to rethink a vision for US public health data and infrastructure.
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Reflections on the year 2022 and looking toward to 2023
Showing creativity in how we recruit and train our workforce could create a pipeline of skilled, talented people who come to public health and stay there.
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