The Americas region of IWG for Health Systems Strengthening is looking for its next cohort of emerging public health leaders! If you’re interested in working with students & professionals across the world to improve health systems, we want to hear from you! (Applications due 30Apr):lnkd.in/eUJG8v8

Follow along each day this week as we move from past to present to future, celebrating the practice of immunization, while focusing on the equity of vaccines in health systems today. Read more on: instagram.com/p/COHW5pdh0VO/…

Continued support is needed to ensure we ERADICATE Polio. Read full story on: instagram.com/p/COJ7NschnAj/…

"First learn why you want to structure a design in a certain way... then afterwards learn the technical details of how to run the appropriate model." Sounds like a great way to introduce students to causal inference and get them thinking about how to answer research questions.

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I am thrilled to be presenting "Estimated Impact of the COVID-19 Economic Recession on Under-5 mortality for 129 countries" at the #PAA2021 this Thursday at 4pm CDT. David Bishai Alison Gemmill Joseph Millward Katelyn J. Yoo (Kate) ROCKWOOL Fonden

Programs have used social behavior change (SBC) for decades to improve malaria behaviors. The Behavior Change Impact Malaria Database helps you tap into years of malaria SBC evidence with just a few strokes at the keyboard. behaviorchangeimpact.org/malaria-landin…

Texas politicians want to put a bounty on doctors, medical staff, and anyone else who helps someone access abortion. We’re fighting back.

With so much demand for 🚽 toilets in rural Liberia, the challenge is not convincing people to use them but creating an environment where they have the tools and support to not only build latrines, but to keep them sustainable for long periods of time. ccp.jhu.edu/2021/08/16/toi…

We are inviting YOU to join our project by participating in our Global Vaccine Equity Pledge. To strengthen our youth-led advocacy movement, we want you to tell us why you support vaccine equity and what it means to you. Follow the link: bit.ly/37z9lbr.

High income countries cannot simply close their borders, hoard vaccines, and continue to place blame on countries with strong surveillance systems and the many scientists working tirelessly to ensure we have the best knowledge to face the pandemic.

To defeat HIV, TB & malaria and #LeaveNoOneBehind, we must understand the inequalities that fuel epidemics & prevent people from accessing lifesaving prevention, treatment & care. New #HealthData report theglobalfund.org/media/11599/pu… World Health Organization (WHO) The Global Fund #EndTB #HumanRights

Today I'm releasing the first video designed to accompany my book The Effect, about research design and causal inference. There are ~70 videos planned for the series. These can be used to accompany the book, as classroom material, or just on their own. youtube.com/watch?v=yQXqdm…

Congrats Marcelo and team! It was a pleasure working with you all, and I can't wait to see the official publication. 🎉

New Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research found that economic downturns in 129 countries due to COVID-related lockdowns, border closings and more may have killed hundreds of thousands of children. "These are side effects of the pandemic," says CCP's @JosephTMillward. ccp.jhu.edu/2022/02/23/chi…