AFRO-NETS> What's New at the Gates Children's Vaccine Program?

[Scott Wittet <info@ChildrensVaccine.org>]

What's New at the Gates Children's Vaccine Program?
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http://www.ChildrensVaccine.org


Helping Young People Become Youth Advocates for Immunization

The latest in the Gates CVP's Advocacy for Immunization series, this 
24-page paper is full of practical ideas for getting young people in-
terested and involved.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/ip_advocacy.htm#youthadv


Sir Gustav on GAVI

Sir Gustav Nossal, chair of our Strategic Advisory Council, wrote 
this editorial for "Nature Immunology." Find out why he feels that 
"the world has made a new beginning in the field of global immuniza-
tion."
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/organizations.htm#gustav

...And download a copy of GAVI's Immunization Focus newsletter 
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/general_information.htm#immfocusgavi


What Can We Do for You?

Help us make the Gates CVP website a better resource by sharing your 
thoughts.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/visitor_survey.htm


Travel Health Online

Find out which vaccinations you need before that next trip abroad.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/general_information.htm#travhlth

Children Suffering from Infectious Diseases

>From the American Academy of Pediatricians website, these disturbing 
photos show us what we're preventing when we vaccinate our children.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/parents_teens.htm#suffering


Plain Talk About Childhood Immunizations

This excellent booklet for parents includes information about dis-
eases and vaccines, extensive questions and answers, and charts com-
paring disease risk vs. vaccine risk.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/parents_teens.htm#plaintalk


Granting Immunity: Vaccines are Safer than Ever

An editorial from the magazine "Scientific American."
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/parents_teens.htm#safer


Impact of Anti-Vaccine Movements on Pertussis Control: The Untold 
Story

In this report from the Lancet, researchers found that "pertussis 
[whooping cough] incidence was 10 to 100 times lower in countries 
where high vaccine coverage was maintained than in countries where 
immunization programs were compromised by anti-vaccine movements."
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/general_information.htm#pertussis


Immunization Financing Resources

An annotated bibliography from the Partnerships for Health Reform 
project.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/immun_finance.htm#immfinan


Realizing the Full Potential of Childhood Immunization: How Health 
Professionals Can Make a Difference

The first paper in our Advocacy for Immunization series, this article 
provides practical suggestions for local doctors, nurses, and health 
educators.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/ip_advocacy.htm#fullpot


Unsafe Injections, Fatal Infections

An overview of medical and social science knowledge about the extent 
of unsafe injections and the complex reasons why many injections are 
given in an unsafe manner.
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/safe_injection.htm#unsafeinjections


Resources 
We've added lots of new resources since the last update -- take a 
look!
http://www.childrensvaccine.org/html/resources.htm


Gates CVP Email and Postal Mailing Lists

If you would like to be added to the Gates CVP e-mail list, just ask! 
mailto:info@ChildrensVaccine.org

If you would like to receive hard copy mailings from Gates CVP in fu-
ture (once or twice per year), please provide your name, title, and 
postal address to 
mailto:info@ChildrensVaccine.org

Thank you!

Scott Wittet 
Communications Director 
Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program
mailto:info@ChildrensVaccine.org

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