Team Member Spotlight: Laurie Werner
Apr 13, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Laurie Werner, Deputy Director in Seattle.
Read MoreOpportunities for Home-Based Immunization Records
Apr 9, 2015
The BID Initiative is on the brink of implementing a national electronic immunization system in Tanzania while countries yet to implement such a system often turn to home-based records for immunization programs. With scarce public health resources and the need for accurate data on immunization coverage, home-based records can be an effective way to track if children are receiving the vaccines they need. However, is there a need for a more durable, coordinated system for home-based records?
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Championing the Health Worker: Meet Martha Mazana
Apr 8, 2015
Posted in People
Did you know Sub-Saharan Africa has 24% of the global disease burden but only 3% of the world’s health workers? Health workers are at the heart of the BID Initiative and in honor of World Health Worker Week, we take a moment to honor their commitment to improving health systems. Meet Martha Mazana, a health worker in charge at the Victoria Falls Clinic in the Southern Province of Zambia.
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Team Member Spotlight: Jamal Nassor
Apr 6, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Jamal Nassor, Office Coordinator/Senior Driver from the Arusha, Tanzania office.
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How Can Digital Behavior Correlate to Disease Risk?
Apr 3, 2015
In a recent article on Reuters, a new study suggests “Internet search data might someday help estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases like stroke, heart disease or cancer.” Using search terms from Google Trends, the authors of the study uncovered a strong correlation with CDC’s measured estimates of disease risk from population data
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Team Member Spotlight: Fred Njobvu
Mar 27, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Fred Njobvu, Provincial Coordinator in Livingstone, Zambia.
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Team Member Spotlight: Monica Graham
Mar 20, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Monica Graham, Communications Manager in Seattle.
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Aligning with Partners on Health Data Quality and Use
Mar 17, 2015
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Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a meeting in Geneva sponsored by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to discuss their new data quality and survey requirements for countries. While the meeting focused on the communication of these requirements to countries and how to support them to meet them, the topic of how to address the overall need to improve data quality and data use (and not merely assessing it at the country level) was also continually highlighted. How can countries know their data quality and then create plans to improve it?
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Strength in Numbers: The Power Behind Peer Learning Networks
Mar 16, 2015
Posted in BID Learning Network (BLN), People
The BID Initiative is designed with an embedded peer learning network, the BID Learning Network (BLN). Through this peer support and collaboration, participants are able to learn from the successes and failures in other countries, and build new solutions together so they can make faster progress towards higher immunization rates. Particpants have already and continue to share personal experiences, providing invaluable insight to the BID Initiative efforts and other BLN particpants through our Google Group discussions, webinars and in-person consultation meetings. The following post on the value of peer networks originally appeared on the PATH blog.
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Team Member Spotlight: Oswald Luoga
Mar 13, 2015
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The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Oswald Luoga, Implementation Specialist in Arusha, Tanzania.
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