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.
Low-Resource Countries Make Historic Investment in Immunization
During Mobilize to Immunize, let's make sure Congress steps up with the support they need.
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!
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.
Meet our Team: Megha
Megha Gupta is the new Communications Intern for the Shot@Life campaign. Learn more about her in this Q&A!
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.
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.
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.
Meet our Team: Holly
Holly Pappano is the new Communications Associate for the Shot@Life campaign. Learn more about her in this Q&A!
World Refugee Day: Leaving No One Behind
World Refugee Day, observed every year on June 20, is an opportunity to highlight the resilience and strength of millions of refugees worldwide.
Two promising malaria vaccines: What comes next?
Learn more about what's next for the game-changing RTS,S and R21 vaccines, in collaboration with UN Foundation's United to Beat Malaria.
How Gavi Has Protected Over a Billion Lives With Vaccines
Ahead of Raising Generation ImmUnity, the upcoming summit led by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, we are spotlighting their model and impact.
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The Americas have now seen 8x the number of yellow fever cases this year compared to last.
What’s behind the surge of this vaccine-preventable disease? Spillover from animals.
While Yellow Fever itself is not a zoonotic disease, cases are now largely originating from an animal host. Unvaccinated humans can be infected by mosquitos that pick up the virus from infected primates. And the impacts are far-reaching; PAHO has denoted the public health risk of yellow fever as high.
Even though a single dose of the vaccine provides lifelong protection, rates have dropped below the recommended 95% coverage in 10 of 12 countries with circulating Yellow Fever, leaving their populations at risk. Limited global vaccine supply is further complicating the effort.
Jul 3
The U.S. has historically been a strong supporter of @gavialliance on a bipartisan basis, helping the Alliance save more than 18 million lives since 2000.
But last week’s newfound uncertainty around the continuation of this support may put millions of lives at stake.
Take action today: tell Congress that supporting Gavi is key to a safe, healthy world for all. #linkinbio
Jul 2
From extreme winter cold spells impacting food security in Mongolia to dramatically increased rainfall triggering disease outbreaks in the Caribbean, the climate is forcibly recalibrating our approach to health.
And, on the flip side, health is becoming an entry point for conversations around climate change.
Initiatives like the ongoing collaboration between the World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization (WHO-WMO) aim to “turn climate intelligence into health intelligence,” touching everything from disease transmission to vaccine mobilization.
Jul 1
Over 18 million lives have already been saved—but millions of children remain unprotected.
The question of another global disease outbreak is “when,” not “if.” Pandemic preparedness and response is more vital than ever before. @gavialliance’s health system strengthening and stockpiles of emergency vaccines are critical to these preparation efforts.
The high-level funding summit for Gavi’s next strategic period has now come to a close. Despite many record-breaking pledges, U.S. funding remains shrouded in uncertainty.
Tell Congress to fund Gavi at the link in our bio.
Jun 27
Yesterday, the Administration announced its decision to end funding for @gavialliance, which provides lifesaving immunizations for children around the world.
The U.S. has historically been a strong supporter of Gavi on a bipartisan basis. Without this critical support, up to 75 million children could miss out on basic vaccines over the next 5 years.
Tell Congress using the link in bio.
Jun 26
Today’s the day! World leaders are currently meeting in Belgium to fund Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s next five years, with a plan to save at least 8 million lives from 2026-2030.
Gavi’s new investment opportunity places an emphasis on strengthening health systems and increasing equitable immunization to reduce the number of ‘zero-dose’ children in the world by 50% by 2030.
To learn more about Gavi’s next 5 years and the increasing need for multilateral cooperation in global health, check out our latest blog (link in bio).
Jun 25
Tomorrow, world leaders will gather to invest in immunization efforts and help shape the future of global health at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s high-level pledging summit.
Gavi seeks to raise at least $9 billion to fund an ambitious strategy of protecting 500 million children from the threat of disease.
Gavi’s unique sustainable financing model centers on co-financing; countries gradually increase their financial contribution to vaccine programs over time, eventually leading to full self-financing. 19 countries to date have “graduated” out of Gavi support since the start of the organization.
Stay tuned for more on Gavi 6.0 among the ongoing conversations #ForOurFuture.
Jun 24
All children deserve to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful for the future, no matter where they are.
It’s #WorldRefugeeDay.
Since the launch of #HealthyStart for Refugee Children last summer, public health and nutrition programs for refugees and host communities have been severely impacted.
We need your help reaching one million refugee children in East Africa with lifesaving health services—the need to support refugees and displaced children has never been greater.
www.shotatlife.org/healthystart
Jun 20
Every child deserves a childhood, yet an alarming percentage of those forced to flee are children.
Some had to part with their parents.
Some lost loved ones.
Some don’t even remember their homes.
Refugee and displaced children who were forced to flee deserve better than today’s #GlobalTrends of conflicts and displacement.
🔗 unhcr.org/global-trends
Jun 18
Today, 1 in every 67 people on the planet is forcibly displaced.
Fleeing to save your life is an extremely hard choice.
But helping is NOT.
Join us in helping to reach one million refugee and displaced children in East Africa with lifesaving health services at shotatlife.org/healthystart.
And for more on #GlobalTrends among refugees and IDPs, visit unhcr.org/global-trends
Jun 17
Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika and Dengue are spreading around the world and creeping across U.S. borders.
In many countries, this phenomenon is only going to escalate. Summer marks the start of the rainy season in Sub-Saharan Africa, the peak time for malaria transmission.
Scientists are working rigorously on new vaccines against Dengue, and malaria vaccines are continuously being implemented across the African continent. But these efforts are threatened by shifts in foreign aid funding.
Raise your voice: shotatlife.org/take-action
Jun 11
The successful adoption of the historic Pandemic Agreement at this year’s World Health Assembly is “the end of the beginning.”
Now, countries will negotiate a Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) annex to the agreement, ensuring the equitable sharing of data on pathogens for the development of tests, vaccines, and treatments.
The PABS annex is crucial to solidifying the equity of benefits in the Pandemic Agreement, and is projected to be ready for the next Assembly.
Jun 9
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