Twitter Watch 21 December 2011 – 1 January 2012

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Twitter Watch  21 December 2011 – 1 January 2012
Items of interest from a variety of twitter feeds associated with immunization, vaccines and global public health. This capture is highly selective and is by no means intended to be exhaustive.

UNICEF UNICEF
Video Report: UNICEF in 2011 – The year in review ~~~ uni.cf/yearofthechild ~~~ @UN #Flood #Food #Water #Conflict #Children
31 Dec

KaiserFamFound Kaiser Family Found
30 years of #AIDS – see the milestones in this interactive timeline ow.ly/887w2
31 Dec

IHME_UW IHME at UW
The STEPS NCD Risk Factors Survey, developed by WHO, is used by countries to measure major risk factors. #GHDxdata bit.ly/rD2ynK
30 Dec

WHO WHO
WHO concerned that new #H5N1 flu research could undermine the 2011 Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework. bit.ly/uR47nz
30 Dec

UNICEF UNICEF
The Government of Japan has announced a pledge of US$9.3 million to fund polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan uni.cf/sDQqYh
29 Dec

PATHtweets PATH
RT @PSIHealthyLives PSI CEO Karl Hofmann evaluates the top 10 #GlobalHealth achievements in 2011: ow.ly/8dcgR #whyforeignaid
29 Dec

USAIDGH USAID Global Health
Eleven Global Health Events in 2011 #globalhealth tinyurl.com/bw869rr
29 Dec

ArthurCaplan Arthur Caplan
Making microbes, keeping secrets on.msnbc.com/t4NtN1
27 Dec

AIDSvaccine IAVI
New issue of IAVI Report incl look at #flu #vaccine pipeline & recap of recent #HIV vaccine-related meetings: bit.ly/rpuLeG #research
27 Dec

UNICEF UNICEF
Simultaneous #measles and #polio vaccination drives to protect #children in #DRCongo ~~~ uni.cf/uqSp84 ~~~ @UNICEFPolio @endpolionow
26 Dec

GAVISeth Seth Berkley
It has been an incredible year. I bring to GAVI my IAVI tradition of writing an EOY letter. Read my reflections on 2011 ht.ly/88Nmp
23 Dec

cdchep CDC Hepatitis
New ACIP recommendation for #HepB vaccination for adults w/ diabetes now published in @CDCMMWR go.usa.gov/NyH #Hepatitis #HBV
22 Dec

GoHealthyPeople Healthy People 2020
Recommended immunizations are an important part of preparedness and are free under the #ACA: 1.usa.gov/rkUmOl.
22 Dec

GAVIAlliance GAVI Alliance
Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it will contribute $55.5M to #GAVI to support #immunization programmes- ht.ly/8733Z
21 Dec