The Task Force for Global Health

Specialized field epidemiologists are critical to rapid disease detection and response in remote, high-risk, and vulnerable areas. Lenin Yonel La Torre Rosillo, a Peruvian epidemiologist and TEPHINET Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) graduate, responded to a yellow fever case in the Imaza District of Bagua Province, where more than 90% of the population was unvaccinated against the disease.

Learn how he, his colleagues, and local indigenous leaders worked to increase vaccine coverage and protect the community, stopping a local outbreak from becoming a regional crisis: https://www.taskforce.org/first-in-and-last-out/

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