Findmyvaccine Podcast

Dr.Penny Ballem on Steering BC's Largest Public Health Campaign

Episode Summary

โ˜Ž๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ถ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž-๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค-๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ? ๐ŸŽฌ๐–๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐‚'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ #๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ.๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚'๐ฌ #๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— #๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง #๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ #๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž. DR.PENNY BALLEM Dr.Ballem is the executive lead for British Columbia's #COVID-19 vaccine rollout and immunization efforts and is Chair of the board of Vancouver Coastal Health. She's served in the past as #BC's Deputy Minister of #Health and City Manager for the City of Vancouver. She's a former board director of the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and advises #governments across Canada on #health policy, #health systems, and health human resources.

Episode Notes

โ˜Ž๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ถ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž-๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค-๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ?ย 

๐ŸŽฌ๐–๐ž ๐ ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐‚'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œย #๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐กย ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ซ.๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐‚'๐ฌย #๐‚๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—ย #๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐žย ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ.ย 

๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐งย #๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ฒย ๐š๐ง๐ย #๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž. ย 

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DR.PENNY BALLEM
Dr.Ballem is the executive lead for British Columbia'sย COVID-19 vaccine rollout and immunization efforts and is Chair of the board ofย Vancouver Coastal Health.

She's served in the past as BC's Deputy Minister ofย Healthย andย City Manager for theย City of Vancouver. She's a former board director of theย Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)ย and advisesย governmentsย across Canada onย healthย policy,ย healthย systems, and health human resources.