Chris Ward

Ontario, Canada
Ward Health: www.wardhealth.com
Linkedin: chris-ward
Facebook: Immunize India

Chris Ward is founder of Ward Health, an international consultancy working with governments, academia and patient groups in the quest for better health. Ward Health has been involved in Sexual and Reproductive Health issues for over a decade. One of Ward Health’s first projects was the development, organization and delivery of a National HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention Summit in Montreal, in advance of the Government of Canada’s recommendation to fund HPV vaccines. The event was held in partnership with McMaster University health Leaderships Institute, The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Canadian medical Association and Ward Health. Immediately subsequent to the summit the Government of Canada announced funding for HPV vaccinations across Canada.Chris, with Ward Health, has worked with Women in Government, a Washington-based NGO that provides policy platforms for women state legislators throughout the United States. Women in Government has been a major advocate for the uptake of HPV vaccines since the vaccines first became available.

Work with Baird’s includes stakeholder mapping for the introduction of a new HIV technology in Africa, with support from our extensive global database of over 300 civil society organizations that have a focus on sexual and reproductive health. Chris is active in promoting the uptake of immunization and is currently working on stakeholder mapping and the development of a global social media forum to support the uptake of childhood vaccines in India. This work includes leveraging a tailored audience list of over 11,000 social media platforms that have previously participated in online advocacy in support of WHO immunization programs.

Expertise

• Drug access pricing
• Biotech
• Strategic communications
• Stakeholder mapping
• Social media

Roles

• Consultant, Baird’s CMC
• Founder, Ward Health