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Merrick Schaefer

@unimps

USAID CII Senior Digital Health Advisor, ex-developer, co-founder of UNICEF innovation, focused on integrating ICT in development programs to improve impact

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Joined September 2008
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Innovation & Impact@CIIimpact16 Nov 2021
In a new blog out now from @AriadneLabs, Senior Digital Health Advisor Merrick Schaefer and others discuss how board games were used to teach @HarvardPublicHealth students about trade-offs and dependencies when investing in #digitalhealth. Read more ⬇️ ariadnelabs.org/2021/11/03/d…
Digital Game from USAID and TechChange Teaches Health Managers to Navigate Challenges of a Global...

Digital Game from USAID and TechChange Teaches Health Managers to Navigate Challenges of a Global...

By Merrick Schaefer, Julie Rosenberg, Iman Ahmad, Ariel Frankel, and Rebecca Weintraub The Ministry of Health just established the COVID-19 Recovery Task Force to get the entire population of your...

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what happens when @UNICEFinnovate 's venture fund creates pipeline-sharing / dealflow agreements with @gatesfoundation to identify, support, and scale open source digital public goods? awesome things happen, that's what. 🚀 forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2… @melindagates @nikolaiastrup
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pretty much!
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Simple flowchart:
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xxx bokep Vota@wayan_vota8 May 2018
4 years ago this month, a few of us started on a journey... Congrats @unimps! ictworks.org/dfid-endorsemen…
A Magnificent Milestone: DFID is 100th Endorser of Digital Principles!

A Magnificent Milestone: DFID is 100th Endorser of Digital Principles!

Congratulations to the Digital Impact Alliance, DFID, and the international development community for a magnificent milestone four years in the making. Digital Principles have also helped CRS create...

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tech+policy gig in a beautiful country with amazing humans: liberia mobile health innovations lead unicef.org/about/employ/?job… with @UNICEF - job closes 25 Jan so get in now. read more about this by googling 'mHero,' + @UNICEFinnovate , + 'liberia' #keepchillin
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What if the Internet was so slow it loaded one word at a time? Defend #NetNeutrality battleforthenet.com
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Great read on Principle 4: Sustainability goo.gl/AVyyY9 "Parachuting technology into a development project increases risk!" Truth
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Kate Gage@kategage7 Feb 2017
Very sad to see news of @HansRosling passing away. Was an honor to work with him during the Ebola crisis. @stevenvDC @eric_m_king @unimps
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Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
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Thanks to @dgelles at @nytimes for the opportunity to share my vision for @RockefellerFdn nytimes.com/2017/01/04/busin…
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Emily Blynn@emilyblynn13 Dec 2016
Get the brand new M&E Digital Health Interventions toolkit from @JHUmHealth and @WHO here: bit.ly/who_me_download #GDHF2016
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Lillian@lillian_gu2 Dec 2016
Watching the simultaneous exponential growth of Ebola & bureaucracy @unimps, @USAID #FailFestDC
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Carolyn Florey@carolynflorey10 Nov 2016
Apollo Temu of @PATHtweets @BIDInitiative shows similarities between #digitalprinciples and BID Principles #NHSummit16 @DIAL_community
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Nikki Brand@nikkisbrand12 Oct 2016
Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive wired.com/2016/10/president-… via @WIRED
Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive

Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive

We are far better equipped to take on the challenges we face than at any time in human history.

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Eric King@eric_m_king11 Oct 2016
Don't boo; vote. Live in one of these beautiful states? Make sure you're registered: vote.usa.gov teapawt.net/ariberman/status/78530…
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Important - 13 states have voter registration deadlines on 10/11: FL, OH, PA, MI, GA, TX, NM, IN, LA, TN, AR, KY, SC usa.gov/register-to-vote
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Designing @UNICEF 's office of the future w/ our #InnovationPrinciples : bit.ly/1TBraJe @Accone @CynthiaUNICEF @jas_pow #uinnovate
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Joined-up Data@Joinedup_Data29 Sep 2016
Going to #IODC16? Make sure you sign up to our workshop: tinyurl.com/jktj3zv #datarevolution @Seember1 @amy_odonnell @georg_neu
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Reboot@theReboot25 Sep 2016
"Aid agencies need more than real-time data, need shifts in mental models + org systems (e.g. procurement) to act on it." @unimps #d4gx
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Join USAIDs @GlobalDevLab as our Digital Health Lead. Foster real change in how tech is used for health. Apply: goo.gl/Sw9OH2
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