Making proCHWs the norm w/@join_CHIC. Asst Professor, @ArnholdInst @IcahnMountSinai. Speaker. || Won’t stop until there’s #HealthforAll
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Our shared work is in @nytimes today
A story about what #CHWs need to get care to everyone. A story about the community fighting to get us there
nytimes.com/2023/09/21/healt…
#HealthforAll @join_chic
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
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
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
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
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
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. 🧵
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
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
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
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
"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
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
Put it on a tshirt, Larry!
#PayCHWs
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Uganda’s donor-supported health system is taking the shock of the USAID shutdown during an Ebola outbreak. It’s the worst possible time
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
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
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.
"This isn't charity; it's smart economics"
Proud to argue for *more* foreign aid in @Forbes
Everything spent is far too little, & it's dangerously easy to forget
Also, without a doubt, #foreignaid makes America, safer, stronger, & more prosperous👇
forbes.com/sites/christinero…
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
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
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.
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
"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
Dr. Madeleine Ballard retweeted
Dr. @DrMBallard and @join_chic are making strides in supporting community health workers.
#ChangeMakers #HealthForAll #Reels #GlobalHealth #HealthcareEquity #ProfessionalInsights
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
![Quote from a Lancet Comment. Quote reads: The case for [professional community health workers] is compelling: it is a big idea that is cost-effective and feasible enough to transform health systems worldwide."](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GenEtOHWoAAbOl6.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Quote from a Lancet Comment. Quote reads: The case for [professional community health workers] is compelling: it is a big idea that is cost-effective and feasible enough to transform health systems worldwide."
Once dismissed as ‘the Cadillac of #communityhealth provision’, now adopted in 40+ countries. Why?
B/c it’s not a luxury—it’s effective, affordable, & feasible.
And gov't ministers can make it happen in years, not decades: joinchic.org/resources/uhc_t…
#UHCDay #ProCHWs @TheLancet
