Embracing Vaccine Advocacy During Global Public Health Week
The annual recognition of Global Public Health Week serves as a poignant reminder of the collective responsibility we have to safeguard the health and well-being of individuals worldwide. As a part of this, we shine a spotlight on one of the most prominent tools in our public health arsenal: vaccines.
Health Workers’ Crucial Role on Immunization Frontlines
In the heart of every community, there is a force often overlooked but indispensable in safeguarding the health of nations: health workers. This World Health Worker Week, we reflect on the remarkable dedication displayed by these workers, particularly in global immunization.
Gavi plans next 5-year strategy
2024 is a big year for Gavi, with the board approving Gavi 6.0—its strategy for the next five-year period—and the Alliance raising new resources for its investment opportunity at a critical moment in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases.
Cornell Public Health on Capitol Hill
Shot@Life Champion Katie Lesser's article about the 2024 Advocate to Vaccinate Summit and Hill Day.
Insights from the 2024 Cervical Cancer Elimination Forum
Cervical cancer still takes the life of a woman every two minutes, but progress is underway to combat this deadly disease. Last week was the Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Forum, a historical step towards securing sustainable HPV vaccine supplies and protecting millions of girls from low- to middle-income countries from cervical cancer.
Reflecting on my first Spring Summit
In late February, over 100 advocates from across the United States gathered in D.C. for the Advocate to Vaccinate Spring Summit. This year, I was lucky enough to join for my first time.
What to Expect at the Shot@Life Champion Summit
The 2024 Shot@Life Champion Summit is just three weeks away! In this post, one of our long-time Champions, Katie Lesser, gives a day-by-day breakdown of what to expect at Summit, from arriving in D.C. to congressional meetings on Capitol Hill!
Cameroon Begins Malaria Vaccine Rollout
Cameroon just became the first country to begin routine immunizations against malaria, with more to follow throughout 2024.
Building Trust in Vaccines with Education
Education and building trust for vaccines around the world, primarily in communities with less information and access, is crucial to ensure that everyone, everywhere has a shot at life. On this International Education Day, we take a moment to reflect on education's role in #VaccinesForAll.
Looking Ahead: Immunization in 2024
2023 was a transformative year for global immunization, and paved the way for more progress in 2024. From novel vaccines being developed and distributed, to nationwide vaccine campaigns already underway, to pledges for routine immunization programs, we enter 2024 with ongoing determination to give everyone a shot at life.
100 Million Doses with the Get a Shot. Give a Shot.© Campaign
This year marks a particularly special milestone in Shot@Life and Walgreen's Get a Shot. Give a Shot.© campaign. The program has now raised enough money to provide 100 million lifesaving vaccines to be administered to children who need them most.
Global Refugee Forum Begins as Refugee Health at Risk
Starting December 13, the Global Refugee Forum will convene refugees and leaders from government, business, and civil society, as record numbers of people continue to be displaced with serious consequences for their health and wellbeing.
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Just over a week ago, the World Health Organization declared that mpox is no longer classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). While global cases have declined since the PHEIC was first declared in 2024, ongoing outbreaks across Africa suggest the crisis is far from over.
But after a year of rapid response efforts, Africa is not fighting unprepared.
Read more in our latest blog. #linkinbio
Sep 15
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.
Swipe to learn more.
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
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