Media/Policy Watch
This section is intended to alert readers to substantive news, analysis and opinion from the general media on vaccines, immunization, global; public health and related themes. Media Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues CVEP is actively tracking. This section will grow from an initial base of newspapers, magazines and blog sources, and is segregated from Journal Watch above which scans the peer-reviewed journal ecology.

We acknowledge the Western/Northern bias in this initial selection of titles and invite suggestions for expanded coverage. We are conservative in our outlook in adding news sources which largely report on primary content we are already covering above. Many electronic media sources have tiered, fee-based subscription models for access. We will provide full-text where content is published without restriction, but most publications require registration and some subscription level.

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Center for Global Development
http://www.cgdev.org/
Accessed 4 July 2015
The Role of Identification in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Publications
7/1/15
The post-2015 development agenda is being shaped as we speak. The role of identification and its importance to development outcomes places it within the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda — specifically as one of the proposed SDG targets (#16.9), but also as a key enabler of the efficacy of many other SDG targets. Although there is no one model for providing legal identity, this SDG would urge states to ensure that all have free or low-cost access to widely accepted, robust identity credentials.
CGD-Essay-Dahan-Gelb-Role-Identification-Post-2015.pdf

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Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/
Accessed 4 July 2015
Vaccines Are Emerging As Pfizer’s USP
The company already has strong presence in pneumococcal vaccines with near monopoly in the U.S. Its Prevenar franchise counters pneumococcal diseases such as pneumonia and meningitis. The recent acquisitions focusing on meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis will help Pfizer leverage its strong market position to further strengthen its […]
Trefis Team, Contributor Jul 02, 2015
Jim Carrey Unwittingly Brings Attention To Something Actually Linked To Autism
Jim Carrey, in trying to argue a debunked link between vaccines and autism, accidentally drew attention to one of the few factors that is linked to autism.

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New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/
Accessed 4 July 2015
July 3, 2015
A Death from Measles
By Michael Specter
A disease that was practically eradicated in the U.S fifteen years ago, before the anti-vaccine movement, claims its first victim in more than a decade.

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 4 July 2015
Immigrant Children Given Adult Dose of Hepatitis A Vaccine
SAN ANTONIO — About 250 immigrant children were given an adult dose of a hepatitis A vaccine at a Texas detention facility where they were being held with their mothers, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Washington Woman’s Measles Death Is First in US Since 2003
Schuchat said the best protection is immunization. “We really rely on people who can be vaccinated to protect those for whom vaccine protection isn’t available,” such as the woman with a depressed immune system,

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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Accessed 4 July 2015
Declining vaccine rates: Mostly a white problem
But Black and Latino adults reported more concern about vaccine safety.
Janell Ross | Politics | Jul 3, 2015