Before the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was ready to make a formal commitment to funding programs to address the occurrence and impact of adverse childhood experiences, they wanted to signal their interest in the topic. Aggregate developed a simple infographic to explain what Adverse Childhood Experiences are, their prevalence and their impact on behavior and physical and mental health, and conducted extensive social media outreach to share it. Other organizations that are interested in the topic have now used the infographic in their own efforts to inform and mobilize support, with multiple requests to customize the infographic to feature state- or city-level data. When NPR’s Shots blog needed to explain what ACEs were and how they effect health for their article on the study, they used our infographic to make the research easily accessible to their readers.
Aeras works to advance TB vaccine research and development. Prior to launching Aggregate, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hired Alison Byrne Fields to work with the organization to strengthen their ability to be effective advocates for their own mission, as well as for research and development for other TB tools, e.g., more effective diagnostics and treatments. More recently, Aggregate has worked with Aeras on two very different projects. The first was the development of a five-year resource mobilization strategy to guide the organization in their effort to generate funding and support from industry, government, and philanthropies worldwide. The strategy included tailored messages to appeal to the unique political and economic priorities of each potential resource. The second project included the creative development of a print and interactive online annual report that beckoned a new era for Aeras of engaging a broader constituency of individuals and organizations to enable them to achieve their goals.
