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The Task Force for Child Survival
The Task Force for Child Survival is founded at the Bellagio conference by former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director William Foege, MD, MPH, and his colleagues Carol Walters and Bill Watson, with the specific goal of raising childhood immunization rates in developing countries. -
Future for the 90's
The Task Force hosts the conference “Protecting the World’s Children: An Agenda for the 1990s” in Tallories, France, with a focus on reducing maternal and childhood mortality.
Polio eradication work begins. -
ReBranding
The Task Force for Child Survival becomes The Task Force for Child Survival and Development to reflect an expanded mission.
a conference in Cartagena, Colombia, to spur countries to commit to the child survival goals set at the Bellagio conference. -
Polio Eradication
The Task Force begins work with partners to help build the Polio Eradication Laboratory Network. -
All Kids Count
All Kids Count is launched to help community-based immunization registries become fully operational in the United States. -
Child Well being
The Center for Child Well-being is established to develop ways to nurture physical, cognitive, social, and emotional strengths in children. -
New Leadership
The PARTNERS TB Control Program is launched to provide all people with equal access to treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
Bill Foege retires as executive director and is succeed by Mark Rosenberg, MD, MPP. -
AIDS Era
The Task Force begins work to develop training programs, tools, and strategies for developing countries heavily burdened by HIV/AIDS. -
New Headquarters
The Task Force moves to a new headquarters building in Decatur, GA.
Voices for Vaccines, a group dedicated to providing science-based information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases, joins The Task Force.
TEPHINET (Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network) merges with The Task Force. -
Global Impact Award
The Task Force is recognized by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce with a Global Impact Award in the Global Business Growth category.
Mark Rosenberg is awarded the Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the World Trade Center Atlanta.
