Twitter Watch (23 February 2013 – 15:55)
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.

Partners In Health @PIH
PIH’s Dr. Louise Ivers in the #NYTimes makes a case for why the U.N. should invest in eliminating cholera in Haiti http://ow.ly/hZ5VT 
9:43 a.m. – Feb 23, 2013

EndPolioNow ‏@EndPolioNow
On this day in 1954, a group of children in Pittsburgh were the first to receive Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine. http://ow.ly/hXT5O 
9:20 a.m. – Feb 23, 2013

IHME at UW @IHME_UW
@HansRosling declares global burden of disease statistics “sexy”: http://bit.ly/VnlIN9  #GBD2010 #globalhealth
5:02 p.m. – Feb 22, 2013

The Wistar Institute ‏@TheWistar
Wistar immunologist Scott Hensley comments on recent #CDC report on the #flu and the elderly http://www.wistar.org/wistar-today/wistar-wire/2013-02-22/expert-commentary-insight-year%E2%80%99s-flu-vaccine-and-the-elderly …
12:55 p.m. – Feb 22, 2013

MSF Access Campaign ‏@MSF_access
MSF’s Vaccines Advisor Kate Elder interviewed by @NewsMedical on why children aren’t getting the #vaccines they need http://ow.ly/hRg3o 
12:15 a.m. – Feb 20, 2013

Arthur Caplan @ArthurCaplan
so here is the case for mandates for HCWs the vaccine stinks in the elderly http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/us-usa-flu-vaccine-idUSBRE91K16D20130221 …
4:33 p.m. – Feb 21, 2013

WHO @WHO
WHO encourages all Member States to continue surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections, carefully review unusual patterns. #NCoV
9:49 a.m. – Feb 21, 2013

PATH @PATHtweets
Powering up the fight against #tuberculosis with a new online forum for advocates. http://ow.ly/hTBZz 
2:40 p.m. – Feb 20, 2013