Champion Spotlight: Gail Petersen Hock
Shot@Life grassroots advocate Gail Petersen Hock, DNP, APRN, PHCNS-BC, PHNA- BC, is a passionate changemaker from Arizona who is devoted to promoting immunization and protecting people from vaccine-preventable diseases. These efforts were a large part of her career as a nurse and nursing professor. Although she recently retired, she’s more devoted to her advocacy efforts than ever.
Champion Leadership Summit 2022 Highlights
This year’s Shot@Life’s Champion Leadership Summit brought our most involved vaccine champions together to enhance their knowledge on global childhood immunization progress and prepare them for meetings on Capitol Hill.
COVAX and the 2022 Investment Opportunity
With the start of third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time to focus on of COVAX and vaccine equity is now.
Around the World: 3 Countries Where Get a Shot. Give a Shot. Is Saving Lives
After 9 years of Get a Shot. Give a Shot.® program, we celebrate Walgreens and Shot@Life's ongoing mission to vaccinate children around the globe.
4 Vaccine Scientists Who Inspired Us in 2021
Take a look at some of most the influential vaccine scientists who inspired us to advocate for vaccine equity and global immunization in 2021.
8 Times Vaccines Made Pop Culture Cameos in 2021
2021 was a big year for vaccines as they made their presence in both politics and pop culture. Here are a few prominent times that vaccines were featured in popular entertainment.
A Year of Vaccines: Top Lessons Learned from a UN Vaccine Advocacy Campaign
Merriam-Webster's 2021 word of the year is "vaccine," and we couldn’t agree more.
Shot@Life and United to Beat Malaria laud Gavi’s historic decision to invest in the first-ever malaria vaccine program
Shot@Life and United to Beat Malaria stand together to support the Board of Gavi's decision to invest $155.7 million in the first-ever malaria vaccine program.
Handle with Care: World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021
This week marks the starts of Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, a time to reflect on the impact of one of the top 10 global public health threats.
Mobilize to Immunize 2021 Recap
This fall, Shot@Life advocates across 50 states came together to mobilize their communities and raise awareness towards the importance of advocating for increased funding for global immunization programs.
The Impact of Climate Change on Global Health Event Recap
Shot@Life, UNA-USA, and United to Beat Malaria supporters listened in on discussions on the negative impact of climate change on global health during COP26 in Scotland.
Champion Spotlight: La Vonne Downey
Dr. La Vonne Downey has been a Shot@Life Champion since 2015. She is the Director of Health Sciences Administration and a Professor of Health Sciences at Roosevelt University.
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Lately, it feels hard to keep up.
How to navigate misinformation, understanding rising issues like antimicrobial resistance, and even just learning the basics of taking action through advocacy can feel overwhelming.
That’s why, ahead of our quickly approaching #MobilizeToImmunize activation, we’ve built a resource library for you, our stellar advocates and supporters.
📌 Vaccines101
📌 Navigating misinformation
📌 Understanding AMR
📌 And more!
Use it. Share it. Power your advocacy efforts this fall. And don’t hesitate to let us know what you want added!
🔗 shotatlife.org/resources
Sep 11
Immunization may not as central to this year’s #UNGA80 discussions as in recent years, but health remains a critical part of the agenda.
This year’s High-Level Meetings in NYC will focus on noncommunicable diseases. And addressing #NCDs—like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory illnesses—requires integrated, preventive approaches that are closely linked with essential public health tools like immunization.
While vaccines are often associated with infectious disease control, they also play a pivotal role in reducing the burden of certain NCDs (for example, HPV and hepatitis B vaccines). Moreover, the infrastructure and trust built through immunization programs can strengthen the delivery of other health services, including those aimed at NCD prevention and care.
Health challenges do not exist in silos—and neither should our solutions.
Sep 9
When America helps fund immunization, medication, and malaria nets abroad, we’re not just lowering the risk of outbreaks that could hit us at home—we’re helping to ensure that children everywhere have the chance to grow up healthy.
College Ambassador Rani Chor spent this summer witnessing global health funding in action at Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia.
Empowering doctors, nurses, and other healthcare heroes in Cambodia and beyond MATTERS. Keep watching to learn why.
Sep 5
Another back to school season means another opportunity to help give children a shot at a healthy school year.
Help children across the globe get the necessary vaccines to safely return to school by donating at shotatlife.org/donate
Sep 3
Our 2025 #MobilizeToImmunize virtual Summit is just a few weeks away!
Registration is OPEN to join us on September 18 from 12-4 PM ET for expert updates on the latest Capitol Hill developments and beyond, insights on how Shot@Life and likeminded partners are shifting to meet the moment, and conversations with fellow advocates to increase our collective impact this fall.
Register today at the #linkinbio
Sep 2
Lessons learned from the ongoing mpox response efforts in Africa: vaccines matter, coordination saves lives, and country health systems must be ready to respond.
In the DRC, labs for testing, treating, and surveilling have increased from 2 to 69 in just one year.
In Sierra Leone, daily cases have dropped thanks to targeted vaccination campaigns and treatment centers.
And across the continent, almost 886,000 vaccines have been administered.
But the fight isn’t over yet.
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Aug 28
Every time antibiotics are used unnecessarily, we give bacteria a chance to adapt, evolve, and become resistant. The result? Infections are harder—and sometimes impossible—to treat.
This is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). But what does #AMR really entail, and what can we do to prevent it?
Keep watching to get the answers from Dr. Kyu Rhee, a professor of medicine and lead AMR researcher at @weillcornell.
Aug 26
ONLY ONE MORE WEEK!
This is your final week to apply to the Global Health Advocacy College Ambassador Program, hosted jointly by Shot@Life and United to Beat Malaria.
Use your platform to educate and empower audiences on critical global health issues, and connect with other students, professionals, and leaders in the global health space along the way.
Last call, apply today! #linkinbio
Aug 25
Just last week, the WHO issued a new conditional recommendation for spatial repellents to control the spread of vector-borne diseases.
According to Dr. Daniel Ngamije, Director of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at WHO, this “opens the door to a new intervention for malaria control programs at a time when innovation is urgently needed.”
Paired with existing vaccines against vector-borne diseases like malaria (and soon enough, those against dengue), these tools will help to give everyone, everywhere a shot at life.
For more on spatial repellents and other malaria interventions, visit beatmalaria.org
Aug 22
Last week, our colleagues brought a delegation of senior U.S. Senate staff on a learning trip to Ethiopia.
The delegation saw firsthand the power of smart investments and deep partnerships between the Government of Ethiopia, multilateral organizations, and civil society in action. We learned about the remarkable strides Ethiopia has made towards building strong, sustainable, resilient health systems that reach people where they are. We also witnessed where sharp global funding reductions are threatening to reverse decades of progress.
We are deeply grateful to UNICEF for hosting the delegation, to the governments of Ethiopia and the Afar National Regional State for their warm welcome and generous hospitality, and to all of our partners whose life-saving work in the field we were able to highlight.
Aug 21
Health is humanitarian.
Reaching the world’s most vulnerable with lifesaving vaccines is the most surefire way to give everyone, everywhere a shot at life. And our humanitarian heroes are the ones that make it happen.
#WorldHumanitarianDay
Aug 19
Don’t miss your chance to apply to be a Global Health Advocacy College Ambassador! 🎓
Are you a strong student with a passion for global health and social impact? Are you interested in using your voice—online and offline—to spread awareness about global health issues like malaria, immunization, and more?
If this sounds like you or someone you know, learn more, submit an application, or spread the word using the #linkinbio.
Aug 14
Become a Shot@Life Champion
Are you ready to increase your commitment to fight for global vaccine equity? Sign up for an advocacy training and become a Shot@Life Champion!
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