Twitter Watch (16 February 2013 – 18:59)
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.

WHO ‏@WHO
Catastrophic payments for health care push about 100m people below the poverty line each year. Universal coverage can help address this #UHC
7:48 a.m. – Feb 16

WHO @WHO
How do we measure progress towards universal coverage? Range of services; % of costs for health services and % of population covered #UHC
7:58 a.m. – Feb 16

Seth Berkley ‏@GAVISeth
GAVI awarded €2.5m which matched will be €5m from the Dutch Postcode Lottery @ annual Gala. Grt donation for children http://www.noodls.com/viewNoodl/17551807/gavi-alliance/gavi-receives-8364-25-million-from-dutch-postcode-lotter …
1:25 p.m. – Feb 15, 2013

CDCgov @CDCgov
>41,000 whooping cough cases reported in 2012. Vaccine especially important for expectant mothers. http://go.usa.gov/4e34 
11:02 a.m. – Feb 15, 2013

ECDC ‏@ECDC_EU
Weekly #influenza update, week 6/2013: 20 of 28 countries reported concomitantly high/medium-intensity transmission http://bit.ly/15hH8z3 
6:10 a.m. – Feb 15, 2013

WHO @WHO
>100 countries do not have a system registering births, deaths; only 34 countries produce quality cause-of-death data http://goo.gl/p2LU9 
3:58 a.m. – Feb 15, 2013

Sabin Vaccine Inst.  @sabinvaccine
Recent Acts of Violence Undermine Efforts to Eradicate Polio Worldwide | Sabin http://www.sabin.org/updates/blog/recent-acts-violence-undermine-efforts-eradicate-polio-worldwide …
11:32 a.m. – Feb 14, 2013

GAVI Alliance @GAVIAlliance
Follow @GAVI_Daniel 2 learn about #knowledgemanagement #supplychainmanagement & how he’s improving @GAVIAlliance systems in these areas!
6:07 a.m. – Feb 14, 2013

WHO @WHO
Gov’t of Chad will launch mass-vax campaign against #yellowfever on 22 Feb in 3 districts bordering Darfur, Sudan http://goo.gl/Bv019 
3:07 a.m. – Feb 14, 2013

The Global Fund @globalfundnews
We’re reading: ‘An Optimistic Era for Global Infectious Disease Control’ via @theAtlantic #thebigpush http://bit.ly/XadWnb 
2:07 a.m. – Feb 14, 2013

PAHO/WHO @pahowho
@PAHOWHO Director discusses expanded cooperation with Global Fund http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8265%3Apaho-director-discusses-expanded-cooperation-with-global-fund&catid=1443%3Anews-front-page-items&lang=en&Itemid=1926#.URvoh4GmiRI.twitter …
11:25 a.m. – Feb 13, 2013