Dr. Madeleine Ballard

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

[Dr. Madeleine Ballard @DrMBallard]

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

https://t.co/oP6wMCVF3U
#HealthforAll @join_chic

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

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: https://t.co/elTUAEl6dN

@PstDrKemi / @join_chic / @DrMBallard / @ProfIAbubakar

[Medic @Medic]

“Connect. Collaborate. And win.”

Beautiful words from @DrMBallard and Margaret Odera accepting the @SkollFoundation Social Innovation award on behalf of @join_chic 🙌
#SkollWF

[Last Mile Health @lastmilehealth]

.@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

[Last Mile Health @lastmilehealth]

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: https://t.co/ybCNrYqNnQ

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

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. 🧵

[Skoll Foundation @SkollFoundation]

📣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: https://t.co/h00vZUUoCU

#JourneyToTransformation #SocialInnovation #CollaborativePhilanthropy #Impact #CollectiveAction

[Community Health Impact Coalition @join_chic]

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.

https://t.co/zNZuV9XEX7

@MotsepeFoundtn @schwabfound @Davos

[Community Health Impact Coalition @join_chic]

"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: https://t.co/39c9mlUAic

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

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

[Dr. Madeleine Ballard @DrMBallard]

Put it on a tshirt, Larry!

#PayCHWs

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Can you pay rent with patriotism?

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Uganda’s donor-supported health system is taking the shock of the USAID shutdown during an Ebola outbreak. It’s the worst possible time

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

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 @DrMBallard]

@SydneyHedderich @charliekirk11 @cafreeland Sydney, the Canadian International Development Agency was folded into Canada’s equivalent of the state department more than a decade ago.

[Dr. Madeleine Ballard @DrMBallard]

@charliekirk11 “Anybody who tells you we can slash foreign aid, & that will bring the US to balance is lying to you - [it’s] <1% of budget” - Rubio, 2019

Wrote a letter saying it’s necessary to increase USAID’s budget to counter CCP influence -Rubio, 2022

He was right.

[Dr. Madeleine Ballard @DrMBallard]

@charliekirk11 Lol not true at all. He liked USAID a lot when he was in Congress:

“We don’t have to give foreign aid, we do so bc it furthers our national interest” - Rubio, 2013

“[Hard to] recruit someone to anti-American terrorism if the US is the reason they’re alive” - Rubio, 2017

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

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.

[Dr. Madeleine Ballard @DrMBallard]

"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👇
https://t.co/3uxcmqjMMO

[Community Health Impact Coalition @join_chic]

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.

https://t.co/zNZuV9XEX7

@MotsepeFoundtn @schwabfound @Davos

[Smriti Z Irani @smritiirani]

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.

[Community Health Impact Coalition @join_chic]

"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: https://t.co/39c9mlUAic