Three ways to help support India’s public health system in the midst of urgent need: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Good data to support two great things: vaccines and being outdoors! marketwatch.com/story/do-you-s…

Re-sharing this guide on the roles, needs, and opportunities for #CHWs in #COVID19Vaccination plans, developed with input from so many impactful organizations and our own medical director Victoria Ward, MD ➡️apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…

In honor of COVID vaccines now having been approved for children 5-11yr, the next episode of Viral Facts addresses some common questions about safety, side effects and risks for kids. Digital Medic (Expired Handle - Use @DM_Stanford) Stanford Center for Health Education youtu.be/6kfPS63utDg

Did you know >20,000 children are forced to work on fishing boats in Lake Volta? We've committed $10,000 to match donations for their rescue and care with Challenging Heights. Join us & donate here: bit.ly/3D9Hufd #GivingTuesday Or watch their story here: therescuelist.com

Vaccine equity "isn't just about the vials of the vaccine," Global Health Faculty Fellow Yvonne Maldonado told the Today Show. It's also about supporting countries with manufacturing, distributing and administering the vaccines on the ground. today.com/health/vaccine…

We are interviewing for a postdoc in the Human Trafficking Data Lab here at Stanford. med.stanford.edu/phs/education-…

What an immeasurable loss for the world. His fierce battle for health equity everywhere, for everyone, made him a teacher & hero for so many of us. His humor & humility were equally my favorite. May love and accompaniment ever more be the cornerstones for our care for all people.

For too long, #CHWs have been excluded from discussions that influence their work and their communities. That’s why “Advocacy Training for Community Health Workers” is a critical course to share with CHWs around the world: chwadvocates.org/advocacycourse. #WHWWeek2022

Such bright bedside manner ☀️ @DrJessieAllan

Researchers at the Stanford University ’s Human Trafficking Data Lab use Planet imagery to look for the #geospatial signature of modern-day slavery. Great work Victoria Ward, MD Mike Baiocchi Stanford HAI, Kimberly Babiarz - let’s talk! hai.stanford.edu/news/detecting…

We developed a free mobile #CHW advocacy training in collaboration with @chw_impact + CHW advisors. The goal? To equip CHWs with the skills to participate in decision-making processes that affect their work and communities. Now available on YouTube ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Love seeing this great work highlighted showing improved immunization timeliness with Kilkari mobile messaging service. Particularly valuable as we recover lost progress in protective routine vaccination for infants! Bravo Amnesty LeFevre, BBC Media Action, OPM and JHU teams!

We are Currently training a team of 168 CHEWs in Mayuge district on how to be advocates. Thanks to @chw_impact & Digital Medic (Expired Handle - Use @DM_Stanford) for coming up with the CHW Advocacy course that will help CHWs & CHEWs advocate for better health standards of their communities. #nothing4uswithoutus

.Digital Medic (Expired Handle - Use @DM_Stanford) has created a free digital toolkit to equip community health workers with the knowledge and communication strategies to increase vaccine uptake around the world. Learn more: bit.ly/3BPV7CM #VaccinesWork

1 week away 🗓 join us for a #DigitalHealthWeek discussion called "Creating, sharing, & evaluating digital health education to improve global health equity" on 11 October at 3 PM GMT. Register now ➡️ bit.ly/DHW22-Events-R…

🚨New publication alert! 🚨 Stanford Pediatrics' Gary L Darmstadt, Victoria Ward, MD investigate whether #MachineLearning can improve gestational age estimates in a real-world setting. In collaboration w/ Kenya Medical Research Institute & Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Combining artificial intelligence with low-cost satellite imagery, researchers at the lab have developed a system to spot forced labor at deforestation sites in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. hai.stanford.edu/news/detecting…