Twitter Watch to 25 Sep 2011

Twitter Watch
A selection of items of interest from a variety of twitter feeds associated with immunization, vaccines and global public health. This capture is highly selective and by no means intended to be exhaustive.

Ihealthprogress India Health Progress
by GlobalHealth
Panel recommends universal health system for India #IndiaHealth thehindu.com/news/national/…

GAVIAlliance GAVI Alliance
.@GAVIAlliance recognised as a “game changer” in international development aid- http://ht.ly/6Dbt9

pahowho PAHO/WHO
Ministers of Health Meet to Discuss #Health Policies for #Americas #PAHOWHO #cd51 @opsoms 26-30 Sept #WDC http://www.paho.org pic.twitter.com/3W7Xd3JI

PATHtweets PATH
New evidence: a compelling case for #rotavirus #vaccine in #Africa and around the world. http://ow.ly/6D5XR #globalhealth

sabinvaccine Sabin Vaccine Inst.
We need to vaccinate all kids under 5 & women of childbearing age in order to prevent lifelong disability & premature death from #rubella

MalariaVaccine PATH MVI
What is MVI’s role in malaria vaccine development? Watch this video of MVI Director Christian Loucq to find out: bit.ly/npgqGa

PublicHealth APHA
How does U.S. rank vs. other high-income nations on preventable deaths? Dead last, says @commonwealthfnd: goo.gl/J9QMV

unfoundation UN Foundation
Every 20 seconds, a child dies of a disease that could be prevented with #vaccines – help give them a @ShotAtLife! http://ow.ly/6CYSw

unfoundation UN Foundation
Missed anything this week? Catch up on our #SocialGood Summit 2011 @YouTube playlist! http://ow.ly/6CTWO

sabinvaccine Sabin Vaccine Inst.
By 2030, 7 million childhood deaths could be prevented by pneumococcal conjugate #vaccines @ShotAtLife @GAVIalliance

gatesfoundation Gates Foundation
FACT: The Global Fund has improved life for more than 200M people fighting #AIDS, #malaria, & #TB: gates.ly/pMIxfK

CDCgov CDCgov
New study finds that rotavirus vaccine keeps kids healthy and saves on health care costs. go.usa.gov/8ju

HIVEnterprise HIVVaccineEnterprise
by AIDSvaccine
AIDS Vaccine 2011 meeting highlights, including session webcasts and abstracts are now available:… fb.me/17eDZ2NAe

GAVIAlliance GAVI Alliance
Investment in GAVI pays big dividends- more than 288M children immunised and over 5M future deaths averted. http://ht.ly/6BE9p

DFID_UK DFID
by GAVIAlliance
Finally #MDG8: @GAVIAlliance have built a global vaccines partnership to save 4 million kid’s lives http://ht.ly/6Baas #MDGCountdown

PATHtweets PATH
Congrats to Burundi for introducing lifesaving pneumococcal vaccines! http://ow.ly/6B3pl