This was in the works for so long, but today is finally the release of A Life in Footnotes, dad's official biography by Terry Pratchett 🖤 🤍. Proud of you, Rob. It's been emotional.❤️

🚀 Infinite canvas: tools that work the way we think. infinitecanvas.tools

Delighted to announce the 20 winners selected from 900+ applications for the Chat for Impact Accelerator 2022: bit.ly/3CWIYwo Congrats all and welcome to the Chat for Impact Community💬💚! Let’s scale social impact through Chat🚀 #chatforimpact #ict4d #techforgood

Happy to see discussion of Digital First Healthcare given the attention it deserves at #WHS2022 in an excellent keynote panel. However… we will know we have reached this goal when we no longer have separate tracks/discussions for digital at health conferences

If you’ve been working on a prototype to scale social impact this fellowship is a great opporuntity to get funding and mentorship. Apply!

Amazing having PopTech back (for the first time, not in Camden, Maine but a new home in DC). Great to see robert fabricant, Gustav Praekelt, Nick Martin, leetha filderman, Ethan Zuckerman, Hema Hadiya Masieh, Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡, jason rzepka, Katherine Collins and so many other old friends in one place again!

A step closer to realising uninterrupted healthcare for all [a thread] “Receiving a $6 million unrestricted gift from MacKenzie Scott, and being recognised among many incredible organisations, is an honour and privilege... #praekelt #digitalhealth #globalgoals Debbie Rogers

Read more about MacKenzie Scott's philanthropy here 👉 bit.ly/3EvSNCl Visit our site 👉 praekelt.org -- For press enquiries contact Gugulethu Makhubo: [email protected]

First ever in-person #Chatforimpact summit! What a privilege to see our friends from World Health Organization (WHO) WhatsApp Simon de Haan Noora Health TechSoup

From Praekelt.org to Reach Digital Health. [allow us to re-introduce ourselves] 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 📲 #ReachDigitalHealth #HealthMadePossible #ReachHealth #DigitalHealth #SustainableGoals

Progress in public-facing AI technology is accelerating faster than most optimistic predictions. What are the implications for Global Health ? How do we harness LLM tools for #DigitalHealth, while ensuring appropriate guardrails? World Health Organization (WHO) is working on it, thoughts welcome! #ChatGPT

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Do you have evidence of how #DigitalHealth interventions are accelerating #UHC? Submit your research for a new special collection from Oxford Open Digital Health & Transform Health. Review the #CallForPapers: academic.oup.com/oodh/pages/cfp…

“Being accountable means that you don’t fund until you know what success looks like and how it will be measured.” kevin starr (@MulagoFound) shares steps for measuring impact and making lasting social change. #philanthropy #foundations ssir.org/articles/entry…

CONGRATULATIONS to our #DigitalHealth colleague Debbie Rogers on being a Skoll Foundation Awardee for Social Innovation for leadership on MomConnect to support safe pregnancies in #SouthAfrica. WELL deserved! Pascale HRP World Health Organization (WHO) Gustav Praekelt WHO African Region Reach Digital Health

Honoured to be recognised by Skoll Foundation alongside Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Conexsus @Policylink @ProtctDemocracy. What a journey it's been, from launching our first HIV Support messages 16yrs ago to helping provide digital healthcare to 100m. Proud of @rogersdeb & team Reach Digital Health

🌟Spotlight on Conexsus: They're connecting sustainable community enterprises to technical assistance & capital to support a forest-based economy in Brazil: #skollawardee #localeconomies #communityempowerment #skollawardee

Maternal deaths continue to be concentrated in the poorest parts of the world. Immediate action, more investments in #PrimaryHealthCare, and stronger, more resilient #HealthSystems are crucial to save lives, improve health and well-being. 🆕 Report: wrld.bg/g9V250NNq9e

Sakhile Dube from St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, demonstrates how the distinctive click consonants are pronounced in the Nguni language, [source: buff.ly/3peqXW2] x.com/blabla112345/s…

(1) Today was the release of the #PIRLS2021 reading survey. It showed that in SA 81% of SA Gr4's cannot read in any language (up from 78%). Of 33 countries tracking losses from 2016 to 2021 SA had the biggest decline, setting us back a decade! 😰 PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1N71Y_x… 🧵

11 yo asked what I'd say if I could broadcast a message to everyone on Earth. I told him I'd tell them whatever Noora Health teaches new mothers about taking care of their babies after they come home from the hospital.