Authors: Madeleine Ballard
Dr. Madeleine Ballard leads the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC), a global group working to make professional community health workers a standard part of healthcare. CHIC is making professional community health workers (proCHWs) the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy. She helps push for policies that improve care for both patients and health workers. CHIC prioritizes fidelity to evidence-based fundamentals—fair compensation, standardized training, reliable supplies, and supervision—which are universally required for CHW effectiveness. Dr. Ballard has a PhD from Oxford and teaches at the Icahn School of Medicine. Her work has been featured in major outlets like The New York Times and The Lancet. She has won several top awards for her impact on global health and social change.
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Resource Topic: CHW programs
Resource Type: Editorial
Year: 2025
Region: Global
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