Twitter Watch [last access 28 April 2012 – 16:42]

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Twitter Watch [final access 28 April 2012 – 16:42]
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.

Mirta Roses Periago @mirtaroses
We arrived to the end of the 10th Vaccination Week in the Americas, but #health workers will continue to vaccinate every day of the year.
9:53 AM – 28 Apr 12

Sabin Vaccine Inst. @sabinvaccine
It is estimated that a child dies of a vaccine-preventable disease every 20 sec. What are we going to do about that? http://bit.ly/Jqh8Ht
4:02 PM – 27 Apr 12

WHO @WHO
Meet our new super heroes: VacciBoy and ImmuGirl http://goo.gl/VrwX2 #vaccineswork
8:18 AM – 27 Apr 12

Roll Back Malaria @RollBackMalaria
Ban Ki-moon says he has made #malaria “a priority for his second term as a UN Secretary General” in a #WMD video: http://bit.ly/HYUdCX
Retweeted by Malaria Consortium
6:07 PM – 26 Apr 12

UNICEF @UNICEF
Did you know that UNICEF supplies 2.5 billion doses of vaccines to 99 countries? That’s 58 per cent of the world’s children #vaccineswork infographic: http://ow.ly/i/AB1P
9:30 AM – 27 Apr 12

Seth Berkley @GAVISeth
My latest blog: “We have to extend the vaccine revolution to every child in every corner of our world” http://ind.pn/IeROX5 #vaccineswork
4:26 PM – 26 Apr 12

WHO @WHO
Keep your child’s school, kindergarten, caregivers updated on your child’s vaccination status http://goo.gl/pbcp1 #vaccineswork
3:11 PM – 26 Apr 12

Dagfinn Høybråten @Hoybraten
Read my latest blog “Why immunisation is an act of immeasurable love” #vaccineswork http://bit.ly/ziZ1h8
Retweeted by GAVI Alliance
2:26 PM – 26 Apr 12

UNICEF @UNICEF
8 mn ppl are walking today as a result of the effort to eradicate #polio. Most children in the world live in polio-free areas #vaccineswork
12:31 PM – 26 Apr 12

Seth Berkley @GAVISeth
Just honored to be one of 5 vaccinators to give first 5 courses of pneumo and Rota together in Ghana with first lady and MoH. #vaccineswork
9:34 AM – 26 Apr 12

UN Foundation @unfoundation
Let’s get ready to rumble! Today is the national launch of @shotatlife! Join this morning 9-12 to discuss #vaccineswork http://ow.ly/awXaQ
8:38 AM – 26 Apr 12

GAVI Alliance ‏ @GAVIAlliance
Today, #Ghana has become the 1st African country 2 introduce #pneumo and #rotavirus #vaccines at the same time! http://ht.ly/awVEg
8:38 AM – 26 Apr 12