World Health Day: Building a Fairer, Healthier World
This year's World Health Day centers around a fairer, healthier world in coming together in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How to Engage College Students in Grassroots Advocacy
Janice Hawkins, a Clinical Associate Professor at Old Dominion University, is an advocate for immunizations whose travels have raised awareness for the need for lifesaving vaccinations for all.
Shot@Life Newsletter: March 2021
Take a look into the roundup of what Shot@Life and our UN partners have been up to this past month!
Advocating for Immunizations One Year into COVID-19
Champion Cynthia Levin reflects on advocating for global vaccines at Shot@Life’s Summit a year ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Champion Spotlight: Jessica Garcia
From gender equality to vaccine advocacy, Shot@Life Champion Jessica Garcia is a changemaker working for the protection of girls and women in all spheres so they can be #EqualEverywhere.
Our 10th Champion Summit Highlights
Shot@Life’s 10th Champion Summit marked our first virtual summit as well as a record of over 185 champions reaching out to 180 congressional offices on the hill.
Shot@Life Newsletter: October 2020
While the whole world is anxiously anticipating the approval and rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine, we continue to advocate for ensuring access to current lifesaving vaccines against measles, polio, rotavirus and pneumonia.
Reflections on Virtual Advocacy: What to Expect for Summit
Here's a sneak peak into what you can expect from our first virtual summit for Shot@Life champions this year!
Shot@Life Newsletter: February 2021
As we usher in a new year, Shot@Life is proud to reflect on the success made in ensuring equitable access to vaccines for children around the world.
“Immunity Inequality” Will Loom Large, If We Let It
The pandemic has shed a light on the disparities in immunization inequality, an issue that will continue to persist if we refuse to take action now.
Hope for Polio Eradication: Using a Gender Lens
Polio is on the edge of being eradicated globally with just two countries left who suffer from polio cases.
A Look at the Biden Administration’s Key Players – Tackling Vaccines and Beyond
As a new Biden administration takes office in the United States, it will be tasked with minimizing the spread of COVID-19 by advancing an equitable distribution of vaccines to the public.
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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.
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📌 Navigating misinformation
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📌 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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