Twitter Watch [accessed 9 June 2012 – 18:12]
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
From #Haiti team: “We’ll soon be finishing up the final #cholera vaccine dose for children 9 & under.” http://ow.ly/bsnVF
2:30 PM – 9 Jun 12
GAVI Alliance @GAVIAlliance
T-4: Georgia is 1 of the 16 countries graduating from GAVI support & aiming to introduce the #pneumo #vaccine soon. http://ht.ly/boGqn
9:19 AM – 9 Jun 12
UNICEF @UNICEF
2m children can be saved by tackling #pneumonia & #diarrhoea. Thanks @Gdndevelopment for featuring our report http://uni.cf/LDVWL1 #5thBDay
2:47 PM – 8 Jun 12
ECDC Eurovaccine @Eurovaccine
ECDC enhancing surveillance activities for #EURO2012 & #London2012. http://bit.ly/LiQK2f #infectious #diseases
10:34 AM – 8 Jun 12
Seth Berkley @GAVISeth
Baby Christabel Emmanuel is the 1st to be given the pentavalent vaccine at launch in Port Harcourt, Nigeria yesterday http://pic.twitter.com/5aHuc92d
4:11 AM – 8 Jun 12
Sabin Vaccine Inst. @sabinvaccine
Did you know that in Fiji on-going reports of Typhoid among kids have prompted leaders to ban all non-essential gatherings? @PreventTyphoid
5:13 PM – 7 Jun 12
Sabin Vaccine Inst. @sabinvaccine
Health experts from across Asia and the Pacific will assemble to call attention to the growing number of #typhoid outbreaks on 13 June.
10:53 AM – 7 Jun 12
Amanda Glassman @glassmanamanda
The Cash Dividend: World Bank report on cash transfers | STRIVE http://strive.lshtm.ac.uk/news/cash-dividend-world-bank-report-cash-transfers
9:58 AM – 7 Jun 12