REACT Consortium

We're hiring! Interested candidates can scan the QR code below or visit herdint.com/vacancy/vaca... to apply by November 16.

2025 CHW Symposium registration open.

The 4th International CHW Symposium is happening online this November 12–14, 2025.

Registration is now open!

💻 Virtual via Zoom Events
🕗 08:00–19:30 ICT | 08:00–16:30 EST

🔗 Register here: www.eventpop.me/e/113904/chw...

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📰Our colleagues at Health Systems Global's Thematic Working Group on Health Systems in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings have just published their October 2025 newsletter.

Read it here: mailchi.mp/a1a64fd7e039...

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Current study: Urban Echoes: Intersections of health, gender, climate change and resilience in urban slums in Bangladesh

Analysis of coping, adaptation & resilience strategies of climate migrants using gender & intersectionality lens
bit.ly/43j6i3s

With @lstmnews.bsky.social @pamoja.bsky.social

Very pleased to report that REACT has selected two new PhD candidates who will be working with the @herdintl.bsky.social team in #Nepal.

@shophika.bsky.social and Dr. Ashish Shrestha will focus on the intersection of climate change and health systems - details to follow.

Call for abstracts is open for the 4th International CHW Symposium.

Whether it is real stories, lived experiences or grounded research, share what you know!

🟠 Posters, talks, workshops, panels; all are welcome.

Submission Deadline: Aug 31 2025

Submit here🔗 chwsymposium.org/call-for-abs...

Have you accessed the new Learning Hub on CHW Central?

It is a fresh space created for CHWs, by CHWs.

Free, bilingual, and full of helpful stuff.

Take a look: chwcentral.org/learning-hub/

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🎙️@herdintl.bsky.social has launched a new podcast series! Episode 1 – Health Systems and Resilience – features ReBUILD’s @shophika.bsky.social who chats about #Nepal's health system & what a strong, resilient health system looks like.

▶️http://bit.ly/40t30Ky

The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis - International Court of Justice Ruling Reaction from Health Community The International Court of Justice has delivered a historic affirmation: the climate crisis is a health crisis—and failure to act is a failure to protect life."

⚡️Historic! International Court of Justice rules:
👉Climate crisis = health crisis
👉Failure to act = failure to protect life.
"Health workers & advocates now have powerful legal backing to demand bold climate action rooted in justice.” said @jenimiller.bsky.social
➕ bit.ly/3GZDdCY
#ClimateICJAO

📢Vacancy announcement

ICIMOD is actively hiring for various roles within our Integrated Climate Adaptation Solutions for the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region(HI-CAS) project, funded by Global Affairs Canada.

#ICIMODJobs #DevelopmentJobs #WeAreHiring #HICAS

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What does resilient public financial management look like in practice?
What are its implications for the public health sector?
This brief explores the topic...
buff.ly/CwyBKND

Academic poster on the subject 'Climate resilience in health systems – Evidence from selected local levels in Nepal' with the Himalayas across the top of the page

Climate resilience in health systems – Evidence from selected local levels in Nepal is explored in this poster from @herdintl.bsky.social
Examines the policy context & local stakeholders’ understanding of climate change & health
www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/cl...

2024 flood in Kathmandu, Nepal. A river has burst its banks in a city which is now under brown water. Courtesy Setopati News, 2024

🎞️VIDEO: Road to climate resilient health systems: Policy context and #climate actions at subnational level in #Nepal

@bharatbhatta.bsky.social of @herdintl.bsky.social highlights gaps in policy communication & resource allocation, draws conclusions and recommends change

▶️https://buff.ly/WZi3prg

Synthesis Note: A Broader and More Long-Term Approach to Public Financial Management: Managing Fiscal Risks Associated With Climate Change This synthesis note summarises the findings of five rapid evidence reviews that look at different aspects of fiscal risk.

How can governments plan long-term to manage the fiscal risks associated with climate change?

This synthesis note explores the strategies for public financial management which will be key to manage climate-related fiscal risk.

Read here 👇

🚨 Call for collaborators 🚨

✍️ We're inviting expressions of interest from academic institutions, scientific bodies, and medical/health professional organisations to co-develop policy products - using our climate and health data to inform policy action.

More info: lancetcountdown.org/news/call-fo...

Diaspora as partners: strengthening resilience of health systems and communities amidst aid volatility - Rebuild Consortium Article on the value of diaspora and their contributions for health systems in LMICs and fragile and shock-prone settings.

New paper - Diaspora as partners: strengthening resilience of health systems & communities amidst aid volatility

Explores the critical, overlooked & underutilised value of diaspora input to LMIC health systems.

@ighd.bsky.social

www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/di...

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What is process documentation?
Why would you do it?
How do you do it?
Shophika Regmi of @herdintl.bsky.social gives an introduction and explores how her team is using it in their learning site study.
Watch the video & read the slides here...
▶️buff.ly/S6Z9LuY

Vacancy Alert! 📣 CeSHHAR Zimbabwe is seeking a Behavioural Research Scientist to lead the scientific aspects of the research under HIGH Horizon, and HAPI in the Mt Darwin District.
PhD + 8 yrs experience required.
Apply by June 20, 2025, on this link: forms.office.com/r/HgCtN1ixaU

YouTube video by HERD International HERD International Podcast Episode 1: Health Systems and Resilience

Welcome to the first episode of the HERD International Podcast! Each episode features conversations with experts in many fields related to public health. In Episode 1, the discussion focuses on health systems and resilience in Nepal. Enjoy!
@rebuildconsortium.bsky.social
youtu.be/8ZvFA_13OAg?...

Strengthening Health Policy and System Research Institutions: A multi-country initiative - Herd International Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) investigates the functioning of health systems, policy formulation processes, and identifies how systems and

Health Policy and Systems Research Institutions play a pivotal role in generating evidence to shape health policy. Read on to learn about a multi-country initiative to strengthen capacities of individual institutions in health policy and systems research.
herdint.com/strengthenin...

New study: Urban Echoes: Intersections of health, gender, climate change and resilience in urban slums in Bangladesh
Analysis of coping, adaptation & resilience strategies of climate migrants using a gender & intersectionality lens

bit.ly/43j6i3s
With @lstmnews.bsky.social & @pamoja.bsky.social

Two Somali women and a small boy stand outside a basic shelter while white goats graze in the scrub behind. The women are wearing yellow tabards, and one is holding the child's face and dropping medicine into his mouth. There's a cool box on the floor near them. © WHO

New article: Mind the Gap: Reflections on the future of data-driven Community Health Worker programmes
@carlnkwain.bsky.social reports from a @joinchic.bsky.social roundtable on developing a best-practice guide for CHW prog funders
buff.ly/sHCz0Vp
@ighd.bsky.social

Exciting news!

The CHW Learning Hub is now live — a free, bilingual space full of practical tools, trainings, and resources created just for Community Health Workers.

It is a supportive space to grow, learn, and connect.

Check it out: chwlearninghub.org

Please share with your circles! 💡

Shanty houses overlooking water. Surrounded by palm trees and large amounts of rubbish

New study: Urban Echoes: Intersections of health, gender, climate change and resilience in urban slums in Bangladesh

Analysis of coping, adaptation & resilience strategies of climate migrants using a gender & intersectionality lens

bit.ly/43j6i3s

With @lstmnews.bsky.social & @pamoja.bsky.social

The Community Health Round Table Podcasts! 🎙️

What’s shaping the future of community health?
How are CHWs driving impact?
What solutions are actually working on the ground?

Join Daniel Palazuelos & top experts as they break down the challenges & solutions.

🔗 Listen now: youtube.com/@chwcentral649

Advert - study for a fully-funded PhD - with the words 'Interested in Zimbabwe's health workforce? Want to help mitigate against impacts of the climate crisis? Apply here: bit.ly/CeSHHAR-PHD And a photo of an older Zimbabwean lady in a field

A reminder that the team at @ceshhar.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students to work on the new REACT consortium.

If you're interested in a fully-funded, three year study into health workers and climate-crisis mitigation this might be for you.

Deadline: 16 May
vacancymail.co.zw/jobs/react-p...

Advert - study for a fully-funded PhD - with the words 'Interested in Zimbabwe's health workforce? Want to help mitigate against impacts of the climate crisis? Apply here: bit.ly/CeSHHAR-PHD And a photo of an older Zimbabwean lady in a field

A reminder that the team at @ceshhar.bsky.social is recruiting PhD students to work on the new REACT consortium.

If you're interested in a fully-funded, three year study into health workers and climate-crisis mitigation this might be for you.

Deadline: 16 May
vacancymail.co.zw/jobs/react-p...

Are you looking for a fully-funded PhD?
Interested in Zimbabwe's health workforce?
Want to help mitigate against the impact of the climate crisis?

Apply to study with @ceshhar.bsky.social here...

vacancymail.co.zw/jobs/react-p...

Community Health Workers - AgriSafe Network Last updated on April 22nd, 2025 at 10:53 amSign up now! If you work in rural America, then you encounter agricultural communities daily. AgriSafe’s mission is to build the competencyRead More

Attention rural CHWs!

AgriSafe is offering free online courses designed to support your work in rural areas. Topics include but not limited to health, safety, and tools to help your community thrive.

No cost. Start today!
www.agrisafe.org/courses/chw/

From crisis to opportunity: a united response to Trump's attacks on climate action In 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the science-rooted Endangerment Finding, stating that greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare of current and future genera...

🚨 New commentary in @thelancet.bsky.social warns that the US administration's moves to dismantle climate action are endangering decades of progress.

What must we do now?
🔎 Advance climate science
🤝 Promote knowledge sharing
🌎 Strengthen international collaboration

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...