Twitter Watch to 31 October 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.

GAVIAlliance GAVI Alliance
#ICYMI check out the #GAVI press conference following announcement of #vaccine funding for 37 more countries- ht.ly/7dr1g

RWJF_PubHealth RWJF PublicHealth
Read more about @RisaLavizzo getting the APHA Presidential Citation award at #APHA11 and download her full speech: bit.ly/rzHKvi

FightingMalaria Malaria Consortium
Not too early to consider funding for distribution of malaria vaccine news-medical.net/news/20111029/…

vaccineethics Vaccine Ethics
by PeterASinger
“The Moral Case for Eradication” — New publication from @mrcglobalhttp://bit.ly/tYrbYs
28 Oct

MalariaVaccine PATH MVI
Making vaccines cost-effective: Money is only part of the solution – Forbes article by @sarika008 onforb.es/uHpRyc
28 Oct

Harvard_Health HarvardGlobalHealth
Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks Map bitURL.net/can6 Big Pharma will share drug patents to fight neglected diseases #GlobalHealth #WIPO
28 Oct

cdchep CDC Hepatitis
New ACIP recommendation on #hepatitis B vaccination for persons w diabetes is provisional pending adoption by CDC & pub in MMWR #hepB
27 Oct

Eurovaccine ECDC Eurovaccine
RT @MeaslesInit: “What is driving this epidemic is the failure to vaccinate” – #measles in Ireland… bit.ly/tAwe7W
25 Oct

GAVISeth Seth Berkley
New estimates Rota: 453K deaths children <5, 95% in GAVI eligible countries. 37% diarrhea deaths. Vax rollout critical goo.gl/1zeD5
25 Oct

UNICEF UNICEF
Visit new UNICEF site highlighting social issues & data impacting #polio eradication: bit.ly/ofBwPS#WPD11 @EndPolioNow @gatespolio
24 Oct