2014 Health Systems
Social Media Awards
Because everybody needs a little gratitude
Because everybody needs a little gratitude
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Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are central to engaging wider audiences in information sharing, debate, knowledge creation and collaborative action to achieve global health systems goals. Health Systems Global is the proud sponsor of the first Health Systems Social Media Awards to recognize and reward the individuals and organizations who best employ social media to communicate about health systems.
This award recognizes the best use of Twitter by an individual to inform, advocate, and engage about health systems.
This award recognizes the best use of social media by an individual under 30 to communicate about health systems using any social media platform.
This award recognizes the nominee with the most engaged online network.
This award recognizes exceptional social media engagement by an individual before/during the symposium, onsite or offsite, and via any social media platform.
This award recognizes the best use of Facebook by an organization to inform, advocate and engage about health systems.
This award recognizes the most effective use of social media by an organization to share their internal processes and decision-making in the name of transparency.
This award recognizes the organization or network that best employs social media to engage civil society in health systems-related dialogue.
Taiwo is a young, dynamic and creative development worker from Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Ado Ekiti (now Ekiti State University, Nigeria) and has attended advanced training on Project Evaluation in Niger...
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Dr.Giridhar R Babu is Associate Professor at Public Health Foundation of India. He is associated with PHFI since August 2006. Giridhar possesses PhD and MPH from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Medical...
Helping Advance Global Public Health
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The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is an institute of basic scientific research located in Kolkata (Calcutta). The Institute was founded in 1950 by Professor Meghnad Saha as a part of University of Calcutta. At that time, it was called the "Institute...
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Olagoke-Adaramoye Dare is a friend of the poor and a voice for the less privileged and the oppressed. Dare is passionate and committed to the betterment of this generation and making positive change inevitable in our society. Dare Olagoke-Adaramoye i...
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Editor / Writer for the International Health Policies Network Research assistant - global health policy and financing Data analist English teacher (in China) Specialties: travel ( Asia, Latin-America )
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We have been publishing Nigeria Health Watch since 2007, providing informed commentary and in-depth analysis of health issues in Nigeria, always in good conscience. We are not afraid to take on the difficult topics that many commentators choose to i...
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My name is Shailesh Sharma, and I'm committed to serve communities which lacks access to a proper primary health care. I want to play an active role in making health systems of this country more accessible, affordable and acceptable to community at larg...
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Hi! My name is Erlyn (Lyn) Macarayan, a Filipino currently taking my PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia. As a researcher, I work on assessing health systems in many low and middle income countries. Through this research, I hope I can contrib...
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HealthJustice Philippines is a non-governmental organization founded in 2009 that aims to bridge the gap between public health and law to enable Filipinos to make informed and empowered health choices. The organization is committed to be the leading res...
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Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy at New York University
* Clinician-Scientist-Public Health Commentator *Cochrane' ite
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I work in policy and strategy on food, nutrition and HIV at WFP HQ and teach Health Systems Strengthening at GWU. I use social media to raise awareness on Hunger, HIV and HSS
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Partner engagement and digital advocacy head at Johnson & Johnson strategic philanthropy. Showcasing the work of our amazing partners around the world. @JNJGlobalHealth
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Researcher-Bioethics/Global Health. Adjunct Visiting Professor.
Steering Group Member of Healthcare Information For All by 2015 (Awarded as Country Representative of The Year 2012) www.hifa2015.org , International Board Member of Y-JOB(Youth Joint Online Broadcasting), Secretary of Young Earth www.young4earth.org, W...
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"Satu Lipponen is a journalist specialised in science, health and health promotion. She has worked at the Cancer Society of Finland since 2000 as managing editor of the Society's magazine, Syöpä-Cancer and from 2008 editor-in-chief of the annual magazin...
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We have been using Social Media to promote the Malnutrition elearning course, developed by the Southampton University (UK) and the IMTF for the last 2 years. The material provides training on the treatment of children with acute and severe malnutritio...
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Biodun Awosusi is a highly motivated Public Health Physician with proven experience in leading innovative projects that contribute to health system strengthening. He has consistently demonstrated capacity to leverage new media to raise awareness and ta...
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Education: I have a MD from the University of Utrecht and a PhD from the University of Maastricht, both in the Netherlands. United Nations: I am currently the Chief of Nutrition Services for the World Food Program of the United Nations in Rome, Italy...
Building unlikely alliances to save children's lives. Currently encouraging the private sector (including the Coca-Cola Company) to open up their distribution network to carry simple medicines. We do this through human centred product design to create a...
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations represents and unites 124 national members organisations in 117 countries worldwide, capturing the voices of 1.3 million medical students.
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