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Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath in Haiti
Hurricane Sandy left death and destruction along its path through the Caribbean and upwards through the northeast United States over the past week. The latest death toll in the United States is nearing 100 and property and environmental damages will cost billions of dollars to repair. But, in Haiti where hurricanes and tropical storms are…
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World Polio Day
Today is World Polio Day. World Polio Day was started by Rotary International and is an annual day on October 24 where the world comes together to stress the importance of global polio eradication. The good news is polio is nearing complete eradication with only three countries where the paralysing disease is still endemic –…
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[Infographic] The Real Cost of Tuberculosis
Aeras, a non-profit product development organization dedicated to the development of effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines and biologics to prevent TB, released an annual report and infographic illustrating how prolific TB is, its costs, and the solution to end it.
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[Video] End7 Works to Rid Elephantiasis from Sierra Leone.
Our partner END7 is wotking with Helen Keller International to rid Sierra Leone of elephantiasis, a debilitating disease that causes one’s lower extremities to grow to enormous sizes. Our latest video shows what End7 and Helen Keller International are doing and what you can do to help.
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Help Free Sierra Leone from Its Elephantiasis Epidemic
When living in tropical and subtropical regions of the world people are susceptible to all manner of diseases from malaria to hookworm. One of the seven most common neglected tropical diseases is elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis. To the lay person it is simply called “big foot”. Elephantiasis is caused by female mosquitos biting on its…
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Download New Song “Feel Again”, Support Child Health
Seven million children worldwide die before their 5th birthday each year. These early deaths are caused largely by preventable diseases like malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea and neonatal complications. This September Save the Children, the leading, independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and 120 countries around the world, and…
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New Partner Update: mothers2mothers
In order to prevent babies from being born with HIV massive outreach must take place in order to encourage HIV-positive women to take the necessary drugs to ensure their babies are born HIV-negative. Today no child should be born with HIV. That is why we are excited to partner with mothers2mothers! From mothers2mothers: mothers2mothers was founded in…
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How to Help End Seven Tropical Diseases
Our friends and partners at END 7 are on a mission to end seven tropical diseases by 2020. This week they have rallied celebrity support to help raise awareness about some of these neglected diseases like hookworm, river blindness, and schistosomiasis. According to Red Pages, Katy Perry, Slash, Ewan McGregor, Stella McCartney, Alyssa Milano, Danny…
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New Partner Announcement: End7
We are extremely happy to partner with an extremely important campaign initiative, End7, that will help save children from seven of the most debilitating and deadly tropical diseases on the planet. End7 is on a mission to see the end of 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2020. And they want you to be part of…
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Telling Stories from Africa: Holly Pavlika Visits Tanzania With Shot@Life
Holly Pavlika, the President of MOMentum/Big Fuel and marketing to moms expert is in Tanzania this week with Shot@Life where she serves as a Shot@Life Champion. Shot@Life educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save children’s lives in developing countries. (Disclosure: Shot@Life is a partner Mom Bloggers for Social Good). After overcoming a rough start to her journey…
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The Crucial Need for Sanitation in the Emerging World
I have written before that one of the things I advocate most is access to clean water and sanitation around the globe. When I was in Kenya last year – especially in the rural areas – I came face to face with the bathroom issue. While I didn’t see any open defecation as can be…
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Vaccine Effectiveness – 1980 Through Today
In listening to a talk last week in Atlanta given by Dr. Jacob Kumaresan, the Executive Director, WHO Office at the United Nations in New York, I learned a fascinating statistic about vaccine effectiveness. In 1980 before the mass roll-out of vaccines there was one child death per second from deadly, yet preventable diseases like…
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Shot@Life Campaign Launches in Atlanta
Last week I was in Atlanta on a National Press Foundation and UN Foundation press fellowship to learn more about global vaccines. I along with the nine other fellows received a comprehensive overview of the global vaccines landscape from experts from UNICEF, CDC, the UN Foundation and the United Nations. I will blog about what we…
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Heading to Atlanta to Learn More About Global Vaccines
I recently received a National Press Foundation and UN Foundation Global Vaccines Press Fellowship and will be in Atlanta from Wednesday to Thursday this week to learn more about global vaccines from the leading global health organizations, non-profits, and NGOs in the world. The other press fellows and I will learn about everything about vaccine-preventable diseases to…
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Ghana Set to Roll Out Two Vaccines Next Week
Starting on April 21 through April 28 the world will celebrate World Immunization Month. It’s a pivotal time for global health to celebrate milestones in the advancement of vaccine awareness and implementation. On Thursday, April 26 Ghana will roll out two vaccines – pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines – in order to drastically reduce the number…
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Today is World TB Day
You probably don’t know that much of the world is adversely affected by the age-old infectious disease, tuberculosis. In fact, it is the second largest killer of adults behind HIV/AIDS and based on data from the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership most children do not get diagnosed with TB because of lack of access to health care.…
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New Initiative Shines Spotlight on Tropical Foot Disease
I am consistently amazed by how doing simple things can make a lifetime of difference. This is especially true in areas where poverty is rife and endemic and where disease and death are common. For example, by simply sleeping under a bed net, people can severely lessen their chance of getting malaria. Or, by simply…
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Thank you, #SocialGoodMoms Members
Today I want to thank all of the members, supporters and partners of Mom Bloggers for Social Good. It’s been a great two months so far! Members: I wanted to share with you how appreciative our partners are. Thank you for your committment to doing good through social media and blogging. Thank you!
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Vote for Our Partner Shot @ Life for the Women Deliver 50
Our partner, Shot @ Life, a United Nations Foundation project that educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries, has been nominated for Women Deliver 50. Women Deliver spotlights the top 50 inspiring ideas and solutions that are making…
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Why Bed Nets in the Developing World Are So Vital
Did you know that 91% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa*? Or, that the mosquito that transmits malaria only bites from dusk until dawn? Until there is a viable, clinically-tested vaccine for malaria bed nets are the only saving grace for children whose immune systems are too weak to fight off the deadly disease. Our…