Twitter Watch  [accessed 4 March 2012 18:05]
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.

Partners In Health ‏ @PIH
We have a plan to vaccinate 50,000 Haitians at risk of cholera infection. We need your support to scale up: ow.ly/9qlqX
2:00 PM – 3 Mar 12

GAVI Alliance ‏ @GAVIAlliance
Zambia launches multifaceted attack to combat #rotavirus and other causes of diarrhea. ht.ly/9kxBb
12:52 PM – 3 Mar 12

CDCgov ‏ @CDCgov
Children 11-18 without insurance coverage for the HPV vaccine may qualify for Vaccines for Children program. go.usa.gov/U6P
11:47 AM – 2 Mar 12

UNDP Policy Centre ‏ @UNDP_IPC
From @policypress: Ground-breaking International Study Reveals Extent of Global Child #Poverty – bit.ly/yVQJDM @UNICEFUS
3:35 PM – 1 Mar 12

Sabin Vaccine Inst. ‏ @sabinvaccine
“The 20th century was the century of antibiotics and chemotherapy. The 21st century will be the century of vaccines.” -de Quadros
1:15 PM – 1 Mar 12

Orin Levine ‏ @OrinLevine
In 2011 @UNICEF procured $955 million of #vaccines & 2.47 billion in 2,105 shipments. Wow! pic.twitter.com/JcJxD2Ag
Retweeted by GAVI Alliance
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5:36 PM – 23 Feb 12

Brown University ‏ @BrownUniversity
Brown creates center for evidence-based medicine news.brown.edu/pressreleases/…
Retweeted by Amanda Glassman
2:51 PM – 2 Mar 12

PAHO/WHO ‏ @pahowho
Meeting of the Pan American Forum for Action on Noncommunicable Diseases – bit.ly/y0VAZQ
3:19 PM – 29 Feb 12

Seth Berkley ‏ @GAVISeth
Wonderful work taking place in Chad to immunise children against #measles a terrible disease: ht.ly/9m76U #vaccines #globalhealth
3:11 PM – 29 Feb 12

GAVI Alliance ‏ @GAVIAlliance
Track rollouts of #rotavirus #vaccine! Poorest countries will receive vax @ the same time as industrialised countries. ht.ly/9jfBL
4:34 AM – 29 Feb 12

CDCgov ‏ @CDCgov
Girls AND boys need 3 doses of HPV vaccine at 11 or 12 years old to protect them in the future. go.usa.gov/UVn
3:24 PM – 28 Feb 12

United Nations Photo ‏ @UN_Photo
Secretary-General Administers Polio Vaccine in Angola bit.ly/zObMkc #UN
5:33 PM – 27 Feb 12

AMA ‏ @AmerMedicalAssn
RT @amednews: Should flu vaccine be mandated for health care workers? bit.ly/AkYSQb
5:13 PM – 27 Feb 12

Forbes ‏ @Forbes
Should Doctors Fire Their Anti-Vaccine Patients? bit.ly/wU30Sl
11:36 AM – 26 Feb 12