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May 1, 2023
Advocates in Uganda Mobilize to Save Lives and Prevent Road Crashes
by Jackie Okao and Roxanne Paisible Road crashes are increasing at an alarming rate in Uganda. Crashes have gone up by about 17% from 17,443 in 2021 to 20,3…
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April 6, 2023
New Program Infographics Unveiled on World Health Day
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) is proud to provide strategic and technical support to advocates around the world who are advancing policies and bu…
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March 23, 2023
The Important Role of Civil Society in Advancing Road Safety Policies in Latin America
By Gema Granados and Paola Sánchez The importance of road safety laws Every year, 1.35 million people die because of road crashes worldwide. Most of these de…
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February 23, 2023
Saving Lives on Ukrainian Roads
Petro Korol, GHAI’s in-country advocacy coordinator based in Kyiv, Ukraine, describes the road safety program in Ukraine. What’s the current situation like i…
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December 22, 2022
Prince Michael International Road Safety Award Honors La Liga Contra La Violencia Vial and La Coalición de Movilidad Segura
For over 30 years the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards has recognized those who have improved road safety worldwide. Each year the most outstand…
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December 14, 2022
Ecuador’s Safe Mobility Coalition Presents Transit Law Recommendations to the President of Ecuador
The Ecuadorean Coalition for Safe Mobility, comprised of 44 civil society organizations (CSOs), formally launched on November 17. The Global Health Advocacy In…
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August 16, 2022
New Julián Esteban Law Mandates Safe System Approach for Colombia
Angélica Lozano, senator: Mary Bottagisio, Executive Director Fundación Liga contra la violencia vial; Ana María Castañeda, senator and Gema Granados, Global…
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May 31, 2022
Mexico’s New Mobility and Road Safety Law Is Key to Saving Lives
After more than eight years of rigorous advocacy work in support of stronger road safety policies, the General Mobility and Road Safety bill #LeyMovilidadSeg…
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April 14, 2022
Twitter Spaces: A Conversation Celebrating Women Advocates
Around the world, women advocates are leading the charge to advance progress towards a wide array of public health issues. From safer roads to global health eq…
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March 23, 2022
Advocating for Safer Speed Policies in Uganda
By: Jackie Okao and Roxanne Paisible Safe roads are an essential part of everyday life in Uganda. Children rely on roads to get to school and their parents and…
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January 23, 2022
What We Are Excited About in 2022
By Lucy Martinez Sullivan Despite the continuing toll of COVID-19 across the globe, this new year holds promise for public health progress. The events of the …
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January 10, 2022
Road Safety Advocacy Milestones of 2021
As a new year begins, the Global Health Advocacy (GHAI) team is taking time to reflect on the important work happening worldwide to make people safer on the ro…
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December 23, 2021
Year in Review
As 2021 come to a close, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) reflects on the major milestones and accomplishments of our programs, partners and local o…
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December 20, 2021
GHAI Showcases Policy Wins
Over the past eight years, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) has helped civil society organizations achieve 44 health policy victories covering three…
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December 9, 2021
Elevating Voices of Victims & Survivors — and Advancing Policy Change
Road crash victims & survivors are the heart of policy advocacy. At the heart of any advocacy campaign is a voice with a story. Voices give context, humani…
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November 15, 2021
World Day of Remembrance: 3 Things to Watch
Each November, advocates around the world commemorate lives lost and drastically changed by road crashes on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims o…
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November 12, 2021
The Role of Advocacy in Addressing Health Inequities
The COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed and exacerbated inequities in public health. Locally-led advocacy, by individuals and communities affected by the polici…
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November 11, 2021
Watch Now: The Global Health Advocacy Incubator Story
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) has helped civil society organizations around the world achieve health policy victories covering three billion peop…
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October 27, 2021
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator Story
Locally-led advocacy, building on global best practice, is the key to integrated, effective, equitable, sustainable and accountable health systems—and for achi…
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September 13, 2021
Locally Led Advocacy: Opportunities, Challenges and What We’ve Learned Along the Way
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) recently hosted its inaugural Twitter Spaces conversation with an exploration of “locally led advocacy” — what it m…
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August 12, 2021
It’s Official: Ecuador Has a New Life-Saving Transit Law
Ecuador’s advocates rallied to strengthen a new bill that was just published in Ecuador’s Official Register. Here’s how they did it. Every year, 1.35 million …
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August 9, 2021
Advocate Spotlight: Tran Bich Phuong
Get to know Tran Bich Phuong, In Country Coordinator with GHAI in Vietnam. You’ve been instrumental in moving forward road safety efforts in Vietnam. How did y…
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June 23, 2021
New Health Advocacy Casebook Showcases GHAI Approach
A new public health advocacy casebook highlights the importance of supporting locally-led advocacy. This week, the World Federation of Public Health Associatio…
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June 10, 2021
In The Fight for Public Health
This year, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) is joining the 25th anniversary celebration of our parent organization, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free K…
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May 26, 2021
Public Health Advocacy After the Pandemic
This week, we hosted a conversation about how advocates can advance effective public health policies in a world disrupted by COVID-19—disruptions that undersco…
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May 17, 2021
GHAI to Host Advocacy Discussion Alongside WHA74
The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) starts a week from today. It will be the second WHA to be held virtually, a sobering reminder of the real-world impact of …
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May 13, 2021
A year On: Road Safety Advocacy & COVID-19
Lockdowns, quarantines, a global race to develop a vaccine — the past 14 months have disrupted the way of life for most people. They have also reshuffled the …
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May 10, 2021
Three Ways to Advocate During Road Safety Week
May 17 marks the start of Global Road Safety Week. This year’s biennial week of action kicks off the second U.N. Decade of Action on Road Safety — a 10-year wi…
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April 26, 2021
Advocate Spotlight: Gema Granados, In-Country Coordinator, Colombia
You have a deep background in media and advocacy work. What other issues have you worked on aside from road safety? As a communications professional, I’ve wo…
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April 14, 2021
The Importance of Policy Advocacy — GHAI at the World Conference on Injury Prevention
By Mena El-Turky In the months before the pandemic, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) road safety team began preparing for the 14th World Conferenc…
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April 7, 2021
World Health Day 2021
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) advocates for policies that improve health and save lives. Our programs support civil society organizations that ar…
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April 6, 2021
How to Use Messaging Apps for Digital Advocacy
By Corina Alvarez Across the globe, messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have emerged as an effective way to amplify advocacy efforts by reach…
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March 25, 2021
New Program Pages Launched!
Did you know that the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s (GHAI) Road Safety program is now active in 10 countries? Or that the Preventing Epidemics program is …
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March 11, 2021
Advocate Spotlight: Mena El-Turky
Meet Mena El-Turky, associate director for Advocacy with GHAI’s road safety program. How did you end up leading road safety advocacy efforts with GHAI? I unint…
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February 11, 2021
Engaging Influencers in Global Health Advocacy
By Bernice Morquette Media advocacy is an important part of successful public health advocacy campaigns. Media can be used to raise awareness about public hea…
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February 1, 2021
Advocate Spotlight: Ariana Childs Graham
Ariana Childs Graham is the Program Director for the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s Road Safety Program. You can follow her on Twitter at @achildsgraham. F…
December 28, 2020
GHAI Year in Review: Highlights from 2020
This has been a year of challenges and accomplishments. The coronavirus pandemic exposed longstanding health systems gaps and injustices and created additional…
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December 10, 2020
Road Safety during COVID-19: Ensuring millions get home safely during India's lockdown
When COVID-19 began spreading in earnest, road safety and public health advocates collectively turned their attention, focus and energy on the virus. At first,…
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October 29, 2020
A win for road safety — and society — in Mexico
Advocates support the Constitutional Amendment on the Senate floor Every morning, when each one of us leaves our homes and families, we wish to return safe and…
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June 30, 2020
India’s lockdown stranded millions. Advocates are working to get them home safely.
Migrant workers returning home by bus during India’s COVID-19 lockdown. Photo credit: Kunal Mahto. In March, amid global efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19…
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April 1, 2020
How we’re responding to COVID-19, Part Two: Adapting
Our partner Nigerian Health Watch shares information about protecting oneself from the novel coronavirus. Earlier this week, we wrote about how we’re res…
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February 25, 2020
How to build strong coalitions for policy change: This month in Devex
Aliança pela Alimentação Adequada e Saudável (Alliance for Adequate and Healthy Food) in Brazil Coalition-building is an essential part of advocacy. As two of…
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February 18, 2020
Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety Expands Commitment to Saving Lives
Road safety advocates in India A new commitment from Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP) will allow the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) to expand its lifesa…
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February 3, 2020
GHAI at the 146th WHO Executive Board
This week, we’re at the 146th WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva. The Executive Board sets the agenda for the annual World Health Assembly in May. The Worl…
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December 23, 2019
Year in Review: 10 Advocacy Stories from 2019
Each year, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator works with local partners across the globe to advocate for policies that improve health and save lives. In 2019…
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November 4, 2019
Meet Our Team
We’re proud to work within and across issues and countries, in diverse political systems. We’re equally proud of our global network of local partners, who lead…
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October 31, 2019
Our Approach to Advocacy
Our approach to advocacy begins with our local partners.  We assess and strengthen their advocacy capacity and provide ongoing technical assistance. Because we…
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October 14, 2019
Civil Society Advocacy for Universal Health Coverage
A longer version of this story appeared originally on the Health Affairs Blog. On September 23, heads of state from around the world pledged to achieve univers…
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September 9, 2019
Where We Work
Mariana de Araujo Ferraz, the Brazil in-country coordinator for GHAI’s obesity prevention program. Where do we work?  We’ve just added an interactive map tha…
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September 4, 2019
From Passage to Implementation: Lessons Learned from the Child Restraint Bill in the Philippines
Rhia Muhi Angela Bruce-Raeburn speaking with Congressman Sarmiento at a photo exhibit in support of the Motor Vehicles Act at the Congress of the Philippine…
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August 15, 2019
A Milestone for Road Safety in India
Road safety is a life-threatening public health problem in India. More than 400 Indians die on the roads every single day, in part because the country’s Motor …
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May 13, 2019
Social Media Advocacy in Action: United Nations Road Safety Week
Last week, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator engaged partners, experts and global advocates to convene a Twitter chat to mark United Nations Road Safety Wee…
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May 10, 2019
Saving Lives with Car Seats in the Philippines
As an advocate and Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) country coordinator in the Philippines, I work to bring people together around complex challenges, b…
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April 10, 2019
The Long-Term Impact of a Journalism Training
Media advocacy is one of the most effective ways to elevate public health issues and create an environment where policy change is possible. In 2017, the Global…
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April 1, 2019
Program Scoping: A How-To Guide
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator supports advocacy policy campaigns throughout the cycle of a campaign – beginning, middle and end. One lesson learned is t…
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January 27, 2019
A Star-Studded Call to Decrease Road Deaths in India
In India, a wide-ranging coalition of civil society organizations are using grants from the Global Road Safety Partnership to advance long overdue amendments t…
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January 23, 2019
Changing the Road Safety Narrative in Tanzania
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator has seen through decades of experience that one key metric in campaign success is shifting the media environment to create…
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January 18, 2019
How to Use Online Advocacy to Drive Change
Technical experts from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator’s digital training team developed a customized online course in digital media advocacy to lift the …
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January 16, 2019
Advocates Around the World Call for Strong Road Safety Laws
On Nov. 18, the road safety community marked World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims. Coalitions working to advance road safety legislation around th…

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