Twitter Watch [accessed 10 March 2012 15:05]

Twitter Watch  [accessed 10 March 2012 15:05]
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.

PAHO/WHO Equity ‏ @eqpaho
Inside the black box: modelling health care financing reform in data-poor contexts bit.ly/wAkquY
Retweeted by Amanda Glassman
8:06 PM – 9 Mar 12

Measles Initiative ‏ @MeaslesInit
Nepal’s women health volunteers spread the word to every mountain wp.me/p1UXPA-6d
5:11 AM – 9 Mar 12

UN Foundation ‏ @unfoundation
RT @un_women: “I urge gov’ts, civil society & private sector to commit to empowerment of #women as fundamental #humanright“- #UN Sec-Gen #IWD
5:01 PM – 8 Mar 12

History of Vaccines ‏ @historyvaccines
An Anti-Vaccination Hymn? From the Anti-Vaccination Society of America, ca 1900 bit.ly/yC49Ar #vaxfax #vaccine #smallpox
10:59 AM – 8 Mar 12

PATH MVI ‏ @MalariaVaccine
More information about the Vaccine Formulation Center that opened in Pune, India: bit.ly/zJT5zF
3:05 PM – 7 Mar 12

Doctors w/o Borders ‏ @MSF_USA
Measles Takes its Toll in #Somalia bit.ly/A3qXnu MSF awaiting permission from authorities to conduct vaccination campaigns.
2:08 PM – 7 Mar 12

The Lancet ‏ @TheLancet
Recently established @CDCGlobal plans to build on @CDCgov 60-year history of evidence-based global health programmes awe.sm/5hAjX
1:31 PM – 7 Mar 12

Seth Berkley ‏ @GAVISeth
GAVI’s HPV Vaccine program for LDCs was selected as one of the “Women Deliver 50” in Technologies and Innovations tinyurl.com/89p5dzk
10:22 AM – 7 Mar 12