Making proCHWs the norm w/@join_CHIC. Asst Professor, @ArnholdInst @IcahnMountSinai. Speaker. || Won’t stop until there’s #HealthforAll

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IHME’s Roux Prize recipients have been steadfast in their pursuit of health equity. Do you know an individual or organization working to better their communities? Submit a nomination by April 3: ms.spr.ly/6013QuYkd @PstDrKemi / @join_chic / @DrMBallard / @ProfIAbubakar
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
“Connect. Collaborate. And win.” Beautiful words from @DrMBallard and Margaret Odera accepting the @SkollFoundation Social Innovation award on behalf of @join_chic 🙌 #SkollWF
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
.@join_chic accepts the 2025 Skoll Award for Social Innovation! We are so proud to be part of the movement to make #proCHWs the norm worldwide. Onward! #SkollWF
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
We're proud to be a founding member of @join_chic, which has driven incredible progress in making #proCHWs the norm. A new case study in @SSIReview w/@SkollFoundation shares how our coalition is making this work possible, with CHWs leading the way: bit.ly/4bnxOR6
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
📣Part 2: ‘Journey to Transformation’ Launches Today 📣 Building on the insights from “Social Innovation and the Journey to Transformation,” this new three-article series published in @SSIReview examines how social innovation translates from theory to practice. Inside the Series: 🌐 “From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement” explores how a global movement is advancing a workforce and access to care. By Sheringham Odhiambo, Advocates for Community Health Volunteers-Kenya; @DrMBallard, @join_chic; and Ben Pyne and Kathryn Harrison, @SkollFoundation 🌐“From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights” highlights how land rights advocates are securing Indigenous and local communities’ territories to curb deforestation. By @SolangeBandiaky, @RightsResources; @lrallen, @ClimateLandUse; @beboettcher and @tanyapham, @SkollFoundation 🌐”From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change” shares why social innovation must be mainstreamed to meet the polycrisis. By @cheryldorsey, @echoinggreen and @shivanigp, @SkollFoundation By revealing key lessons and strategies, these playbooks offer practical guidance for innovators to adapt, replicate, and scale solutions across sectors. 📖 Read the series and join the conversation: skoll.wf/seriesjourney-X #JourneyToTransformation #SocialInnovation #CollaborativePhilanthropy #Impact #CollectiveAction
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We are proud to be recognized as a Collective Social Innovator winner in this year’s #SchwabAwards25. CHIC CEO @DrMBallard and CHW Advocate Millicent Anyango Miruka collected the award at #WEF25. joinchic.org/resources/schwa… @MotsepeFoundtn @schwabfound @Davos
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"Our goal is to see 95 countries recognize and pay CHWs. We're just over a third of the way there. We're on track to hit that tipping point." @DrMBallard As a Coalition we are winning but social change is a team sport. Join us: sbee.link/896ebrjmdx
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
If ‘patriotism’ is the answer, why don’t the Permanent Secretary and other top health officials work for free and redirect their hefty salaries to frontline health workers? A PS’s salary could pay 10+ community health workers. Funny how ‘patriotism’ always demands sacrifice from the poor. Injustice! @DianaAtwine @MinofHealthUG
Uganda asked health workers paid by American funds to work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism" after the US froze foreign aid, cutting off support to staff supported by USAID & CDC
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Uganda’s donor-supported health system is taking the shock of the USAID shutdown during an Ebola outbreak. It’s the worst possible time
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Uganda asked health workers paid by American funds to work for free as volunteers "in the spirit of patriotism" after the US froze foreign aid, cutting off support to staff supported by USAID & CDC
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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We are proud to be recognized as a Collective Social Innovator winner in this year’s #SchwabAwards25. CHIC CEO @DrMBallard and CHW Advocate Millicent Anyango Miruka collected the award at #WEF25. joinchic.org/resources/schwa… @MotsepeFoundtn @schwabfound @Davos
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
An insightful interaction with @DrMBallard, CEO of @join_chic and Assistant Professor at @IcahnMountSinai. We discussed ways to strengthen gender-responsive healthcare systems and emphasised the importance of empowering women as decision-makers and leaders in the health sector.
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"Our goal is to see 95 countries recognize and pay CHWs. We're just over a third of the way there. We're on track to hit that tipping point." @DrMBallard As a Coalition we are winning but social change is a team sport. Join us: sbee.link/896ebrjmdx
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Dr. @DrMBallard and @join_chic are making strides in supporting community health workers. #ChangeMakers #HealthForAll #Reels #GlobalHealth #HealthcareEquity #ProfessionalInsights
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Bold action is needed to reshape global health care for generations to come. On #UHCDay, @DrMBallard & colleagues discuss how integrating professional community health workers into health systems is a transformative strategy in achieving #UHC: hubs.li/Q02_r9rp0
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Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
#CHWs are an important pathway to primary health care, especially in the hardest-to-reach communities. In Ep 2 of @VillageReach's podcast we talk to @join_chic's @DrMBallard and @NansimaDickson about the important role of CHWs to get products to people: bit.ly/3VWOoh5
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This week, @DrMBallard accepted the 2024 #RouxPrize on behalf of @join_chic work to ensure all health workers have the resources to provide care worldwide. Listen to our convo with Dr Ballard about CHIC’s work & goals to support health care access here →ms.spr.ly/6017mA7ES
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Today, @DrMBallard, CEO of @join_chic, and her team were honored with the 2024 #RouxPrize in London. Accepting the award, Dr. Ballard emphasized the coalition’s commitment to global health and community health workers:
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