evidence: We are also contributing to longer-term, systemic improvements through initiatives on equity and reducing stigma and publishing research to inform program and policy improvements. We are adapting vital health programs that have been halted or reduced because of the pandemic, such as polio and leprosy, to mitigate the impact of the disruption, as well as positioning existing programs to help with long-term response, like using influenza vaccine systems for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine once available. In addition, we are bringing our global health expertise home and helping the community in our backyard respond to this and future public health crises. [...] Leprosy – COVID-19 has strongly impacted leprosy control and prevention, and in response, The Task Force’s Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy has established three working groups to address the leprosy community’s key challenges during the global health crisis, and spearhead emergency response.