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November 2023

Addressing Measles Outbreaks Amidst COVID-19 Recovery

With a decline in measles vaccination rates in the aftermath of the pandemic, the Measles & Rubella Partnership implements new strategies to boost childhood immunization.

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November 2023

Mobilize to Immunize 2023 Recap 

This fall, Shot@Life volunteer advocates raised their voices as one to urge Congress to support funding for global immunization. Read more about their amazing collective impact below.

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November 2023

Champions Spotlight: Jonathan Levenson

This Veterans's Day, we sat down with long time Shot@Life Champion Commander Jonathan Levenson to discuss his journey through vaccination advocacy. Jonathan is currently the Director for Healthcare Business at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and has served as a critical care nurse in the US Navy for 20 years.

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November 2023

Nigeria to Vaccinate Nearly 8 Million Girls Against HPV

In October, Nigeria added the HPV vaccine to its routine immunization program, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls in the largest single round of HPV vaccination in Africa.

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October 2023

World Polio Day 2023

On October 24, the global health community marked World Polio Day. Below are just a few of the highlights, from survivors, healthcare professionals, and everyday people.  

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October 2023

Low-Resource Countries Make Historic Investment in Immunization

During Mobilize to Immunize, let's make sure Congress steps up with the support they need.

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October 2023

Meet Our Team: Mary

Mary Singer is the new Grassroots Advocacy Intern for the Shot@Life campaign. Learn more about her in this Q&A!

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October 2023

Giving all Girls a Shot at Life

2023 is the 11th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, made to empower girls and recognize their rights. Despite being the future leaders of this world, girls continue to face rampant global health inequities. One such injustice is the ongoing battle against HPV.

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October 2023

Meet our Team: Megha

Megha Gupta is the new Communications Intern for the Shot@Life campaign. Learn more about her in this Q&A!

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October 2023

The WHO Recommends a Second Malaria Vaccine

The WHO recommends a second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, a major advancement in child health and malaria control.

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September 2023

Kicking off the 2023 Get a Shot. Give a Shot.® Campaign

This September marks the eleventh consecutive year that Shot@Life and Walgreens are teaming up for Get a Shot. Give a Shot.®, providing lifesaving vaccines to children across the globe.

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August 2023

Recovering Measles Vaccination Rates through Persistence and Partnership

New data from WHO and UNICEF show a worrying decline in measles vaccination rates. Partnerships across regions and sectors will be critical to reversing this trend.

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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.
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
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
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.
 
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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.
Two weeks ago, the WHO issued an urgent call to action to prevent another mosquito-borne epidemic. Chikungunya virus swept the globe two decades ago, and outbreaks are now resurfacing from the Indian Ocean region to Europe.
 
Experts think the changing climate is playing a role, as the mosquitoes spreading this and other deadly diseases make their way into environments that were previously not warm enough.
 
Learn more about the connection between surging disease and climate in our latest blog. #linkinbio
New prevention tools like immunization have led to major breakthroughs when it comes to respiratory diseases.
 
But respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pneumococcal disease remain significant health problems globally. According to a recent panel at the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), the real power lies in how immunizations and other innovation are being rolled out.
 
From leveraging AI to optimize vaccine schedules to prioritizing monoclonal antibodies that can side-step vaccine hesitancy, the opportunities are endless.
 
But a unified call to action is needed to set these opportunities in motion—giving way to the power of community advocacy.
When we think of climate change, we usually picture melting glaciers or rising sea levels. But there’s another side to the climate crisis that doesn’t get talked about as much—how it’s helping diseases spread, including ones we already have vaccines for.
 
As our planet heats up, vaccine-preventable diseases are surfacing in places they’ve never been before.
 
But as a united front, we have the tools to fix it.
 
Read more in our latest blog. #linkinbio
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative works in the most difficult places around the world to deliver healthcare. But, thanks to the tireless efforts of frontline workers and tools like the oral polio vaccine, the number of children paralyzed has dropped by 99%.
 
Now, let’s stay committed to #EndPolio everywhere.

(Recorded Feb. 2025)
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