Twitter Watch [accessed 24 March 2012 – 16:55]
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.

GAVI Alliance @GAVIAlliance
Delivering on Canada’s Musoka Initiative – Canadian MPs trip to Tanzania with @GAVIAlliance & RESULTS_Canada. Watch: http://ht.ly/9Oylm
3:45 PM – 24 Mar 12

USAID Global Health @USAIDGH
1.4M people die of #TB each year #WorldTBDay http://ow.ly/9Hrmq
2:50 PM – 24 Mar 12

The Global Fund @globalfundnews
Today is World #TB Day! Here’s everything you need to know plus some amazing stories: http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/events/2012_World_TB_Day/
2:06 PM – 24 Mar 12

PATH @PATHtweets
RT @SciSpeaksBlog Advocates announce Civil Society Declaration on #TB in Africa http://bit.ly/GMG2i2 #worldtbday
1:20 PM – 24 Mar 12

Partners In Health @PIH
Today is #WorldTBDay. Learn more about @PIH‘s work to treat & prevent this deadly but curable disease: http://ow.ly/9R6T0
12:04 PM – 24 Mar 12

WHO @WHO
Better data on births allows countries to better plan and monitor success of public health policies and programmes. http://goo.gl/m67qi
5:31 PM – 23 Mar 12

The Global Fund @globalfundnews
Powerful story of overcoming #TB. Same treatment the #GlobalFund has provided for 8.6m ppl in +100 countries http://bit.ly/GCRTP2
3:48 PM – 23 Mar 12

Partners In Health @PIH
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: @BarackObama nominates @PIH Co-Founder & @Dartmouth Pres. Jim Kim to head @WorldBank: http://ow.ly/9Q4mz
11:08 AM – 23 Mar 12

Gates Foundation@gatesfoundation
.@UN backed effort aims to vaccinate 111 million children against #polio in four days: http://gates.ly/GTqLJZ
10:05 AM – 23 Mar 12

EndPolioNow @EndPolioNow
Eradicating polio among govt’s top priorities, says Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. http://bit.ly/GIfEY3
5:23 PM – 22 Mar 12

PAHO/WHO Equity @eqpaho
Conceptual Issues Related to Health Systems Research to Inform a WHO Global Strategy on Health Systems Research http://bit.ly/GHPhRP
Retweeted by Amanda Glassman
12:14 PM – 21 Mar 12

ECDC @ECDC_EU
#Measles keeps spreading in Ukraine. Without effective measures, transmission expected to continue during #EURO2012 cuphttp://bit.ly/GD18Pm
10:53 AM – 21 Mar 12