Blog - BUILD Health Challenge

Upcoming Opportunities: The BUILD National Network

September 22, 2026

At The BUILD Health Challenge® (BUILD), we believe that community health improves through community-centered, cross-sector collaboratives. We also know that... […]

A Recipe for Community Engagement and Systems Change

January 23, 2019

Special guest post by Teresa Garcia, Executive Director, Engaged Latino Parents Advancing Student Outcomes (ELPASO) Building equity is not a quick...

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PBS NewsHour Segment: Efforts to Reduce Infant Mortality

January 3, 2019

The U.S. ranks near the bottom among the world’s wealthiest nations in infant mortality. What can we do to better...

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PBS NewsHour Segment: Health and Housing

December 10, 2018

On December 7, 2018, PBS NewsHour aired a story on community-led innovations at the intersection of health and housing. The...

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Forging New Partnerships at BUILD’s 2018 Annual Convening

October 15, 2018

“True partnership transforms the people in it… And we should recognize that, acknowledge it, and embrace it.” – Dr. Rishi...

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All In National Meeting: System Change Must Begin with System Disruption

October 2, 2018

Improving health for all will require intentional disruption of the systems that lead to inequities and poor health outcomes, according...

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National Healthy Homes Month: What are Communities BUILDing?

July 2, 2018

Up to 80 percent of our health outcomes can be attributed to where we live, work, and play—and for many...

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Building Collaborations with Data

May 9, 2018

In North Carolina, a neighborhood in Greensboro called Avalon has a childhood asthma rate 12 times higher than the surrounding...

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NEW REPORT: How Hospitals and Health Systems Can Address Social Determinants of Health in their Communities

January 29, 2018

Hospitals and health systems play an integral role in advancing health, not just healthcare, in a community. However, all too...

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Infographic: Highlights and Learnings from the First BUILD Cohort

December 7, 2017

In 2015, the BUILD Health Challenge (BUILD) launched a nationwide effort to advance multi-sector partnerships—with bold, upstream, integrated, local, and...

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