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August 2022

Welcome Back: Lindsay Cobb

Lindsay Cobb, our former grassroots advocacy intern, joins us as our new Campaign Associate. Learn more about her in this Q&A!

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August 2022

Champion Spotlight: Aashna Patel

While earning a dual degree pursuing medical school and a master's degree in public health at Harvard University, Aashna Patel works to advocate for a global immunization program as a champion for Shot@Life.

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July 2022

Champion Spotlight: Bridget Murphy and Irene Stamper

Long time friends Irene Stamper and Bridget Murphy have advocated on behalf of Shot@Life for nearly 5 years. The dynamic advocacy duo discuss their relationship with each other and how they became involved with the campaign.

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June 2022

World Refugee Day: Partnering to Achieve Equity

On World Refugee Day, we detail some of the efforts underway to reach this vulnerable population which all too often lacks access to vaccines.

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June 2022

35 Years in the Making: Pioneering Malaria Vaccine is Poised for Widespread Deployment

The World Health Organization's recommendation of the first-ever malaria vaccine for use across sub-Saharan Africa has allowed Gavi to invest more than $150 million to distribute the vaccine.

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June 2022

Father’s Day Champion Spotlight: Dr. Michael Robinson

In honor of Father's Day, we would like to spotlight Dr. Michael Robinson and his story on how his personal experience as a father has shaped both his career and his vaccination advocacy.

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June 2022

Meet Our Team: Roberta

Roberta Plantak is the new Corporate Partnerships Officer for the Shot@Life campaign. Learn more about her in this Q&A.

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May 2022

My Visit to the UNICEF Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen

Executive Director Martha Rebour reports from UNICEF's Global Supply and Logistics Hub, a key part of the global vaccine distribution chain.

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May 2022

Advocate to Vaccinate 2022 Recap

Shot@Life advocates conducted 91 meetings with Congressional offices, made 150 calls to their policymakers, submitted 25 op-eds to their local media outlets, and sent nearly 2,200 emails and 700 tweets to members of Congress about why #VaccinesWork and the urgent need to #EndPolio.

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May 2022

The gift every mother wants this Mother’s Day: A healthy child

This Mother’s Day, we honor the women we met in Zambia who advocated for their children's vaccinations, going great lengths to protect their children from measles and polio.

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May 2022

Mother’s Day Spotlight: Dana DeShon

Dana DeShon speaks to how her experience as a mother, nurse practitioner, and member of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Association (NAPNAP) intersect with her advocacy at Shot@Life advocate this Mother’s Day.

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April 2022

Champion Spotlight: Alexa Swingle

Alexa Swingle's involvement as a Shot@Life Champion began during her freshman year of college. She is currently a practicing pharmacist, dedicating her time to advocate for global vaccine equity.

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We’re not ready for the next pandemic. And drug resistance is making it worse.
 
At last week’s World Health Summit, @WHO launched a report that shows a shocking rise in antibiotic-resistant infections; 1 in 6 globally, and up to 1 in 3 in parts of South-East Asia and the Middle East.
 
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board is calling for a real-time pandemic risk monitoring system that goes beyond health—tracking economic, environmental, and social vulnerabilities too.
 
Pandemic prevention isn’t just about stockpiling vaccines. It’s about building resilient, transparent systems across sectors and across borders.
 
It’s simple: prevention now or pay later. 🦠
Polio paralyzed dozens in Madagascar from 2020 to 2023, but nationwide vaccination campaigns led by the government and global health partners paid off; the outbreak was officially declared over in May of this year.
 
For over 30 years, the U.S. was a major health donor in Madagascar. Today, programs that once supported 20,000+ health workers are gone—and with them, critical systems for disease surveillance, data, and vaccine outreach.
 
The fight against polio is anything but easy. And hard-won gains are fragile; now is not the time to turn our backs on global health.
 
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
Even in the face of a government shutdown, our advocacy efforts continue.
 
Congress is continuing discussions around funding levels for the coming Fiscal Year, including for global immunization programs, so it remains crucial that they hear from you, our stellar advocates.
 
Now is the time to act. Fill out our latest petition using at shotatlife.org/petition, and reach out to champions@shotatlife.org if you’re interested in scheduling a meeting with your congressional offices.
 
Stay tuned for more updates on #MobilizetoImmunize.
Vaccinations have saved 17 million lives between 2021 and 2024 alone.

Last week, the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization convened to assess the globe’s commitment to immunization. 

And despite the roadblocks that persist—primarily geopolitical instability and shifting health architectures—there is hope in the fact that a vast majority of parents are strongly supportive of vaccines.
This year’s UN General Assembly felt a little different than year’s past; annual conversations about global health were underpinned by continued uncertainty. But even in the face of these challenges, progress was made in addressing some of the world’s most pressing issues. 
 
From the spotlight on noncommunicable diseases to the push for sustaining our progress against polio, global health was of utmost importance at #UNGA80.
 
Keep reading in our latest blog. #Linkinbio
Hospitals in Bangladesh are overwhelmed as dengue and chikungunya cases surge. 33,800 dengue cases alone this year, paired with the first surge in chikungunya since 2017, are a dual threat pushing health systems to the brink.
 
🦟 Both diseases are spread by the same mosquitoes and share similar symptoms, but treatments are very different. Misdiagnosis can be deadly.
 
Experts warn that overlapping outbreaks are generally becoming more frequent, driven by climate change, urbanization, and global travel.
 
Better surveillance, vaccines against dengue, and year-round mosquito control are crucial to tackle this growing crisis.
For nearly a decade, Rwanda had recorded steady declines in malaria. 

But these gains are now under threat: in 2024 alone, malaria cases in Rwanda rose by more than 45%.

While Rwanda had previously opted out of receiving malaria vaccines during WHO's and Gavi's first distribution phase in 2023, health experts are now reconsidering—immunization could be key to bringing case counts back down.
Pakistan has just received a 13 million-dose supply of the cervical cancer vaccine for its first EVER nationwide immunization drive against HPV, thanks to partners like Gavi and UNICEF.

Now, starting this week, 13 million girls across Pakistan will receive a dose of the HPV vaccine, protecting them from cervical cancer, which still takes the life of one woman every two minutes. 

While executing the immunization drive will be no easy feat, Pakistan is now joining more than 150 countries that have included the WHO-prequalified vaccine in their Immunization schedules, safeguarding the health of future generations.
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