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I am so pleased to share the evaluation of our work in Burkina Faso. It's taken persistence, agility, ingenuity, and creativity for our global team to pull off a cluster randomized trial during the pandemic.
The best part: the solutions made a difference for girls.
Nearly 1 in 4 girls in Burkina Faso will become pregnant, and many do not wish to be. Learn how a board game is making a difference in 16 secondary schools here: https://t.co/2cj3wOeMWC
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The adaptive learning meeting cycle allows programs to adapt while responding to implementation contexts. In Burkina Faso, it created a team culture that engendered dialogue, problem-solving & continuous improvement. @reshmatrasi@crangelone@Dr_Ginette https://t.co/9Unqdx8lNs
My friend's sister is missing. Please spread the word, especially if you live in #salinas CA or nearby. Help their family find Marcie.
@SalinasPD@SalinasPolice
Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in @NewYorker https://t.co/cQzbWggk46
Laws and rights are there for nations to protect the voiceless, the powerless, those that need protection at vulnerable moments. They are not a tool to be wielded by those with power and privilege...and yet, here we are.
The clinic staff spent Friday canceling the appointments of 60-70 patients scheduled for abortions in the coming weeks.
“Some patients broke down and could not speak through their sobbing. Some patients were stunned and didn't know what to say. Some patients did not understand.”
@mulagostarr Agree somewhat. Where I've had/seen success in other countries in global health is combo of strong civil society coalitions, packaging evidence using smart comms, knowing policy cycles and levers, and partnering with and supporting empathic technocrats.
Residents in #Shanghai screaming from high rise apartments after 7 straight days of the city lockdown. The narrator worries that there will be major problems. (in Shanghainese dialect—he predicts people can’t hold out much longer—he implies tragedy).