Twitter Watch to 18 Decmber 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.

PIH Partners In Health
Paul Farmer of @PIH talks to @abcnews about saving the lives of women & babies in developing countries ow.ly/81Z3f #amillionmoms
16 Dec

unfoundation UN Foundation
RIP #ChristoperHitchens. Read his moving piece on #polio in @VanityFair from 2002: ow.ly/824fC
16 Dec

unfoundation UN Foundation
Saudi Arabia is providing critical support for #polio eradication in Niger. Read more from @UNICEFpolio: ow.ly/81Tiy #vaccines
16 Dec

GAVIAlliance GAVI Alliance
#Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea and diarrhoeal deaths in children worldwide- ht.ly/80OXe @MedicinesDev
15 Dec

Eurovaccine ECDC Eurovaccine
#Measles disproportionately affects marginalized population such as the #Roma; see #ECDC monthly #measles monitoring bit.ly/vPD11K
15 Dec

PreventTyphoid CaT
Wonderful essay by immunization champion Bill Foege: globalhealthmagazine.com/top_stories/wh… fb.me/SR1Kfy7q
14 Dec

preventdengue DVI
@OrinLevine & @sabinvaccine Ciro de Quadros (presidents of 2 DVI orgs) discuss the reemergence of #dengue in the US bit.ly/ug13uW