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Routine Immunization is More Important than Ever

A campaign to champion all vaccines matters now more than ever Katherine E. Gallagher, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Anthony Scott, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Ifedayo Adetifa, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme; John Ojal, London...

5 Big Global Health Victories to Anticipate in 2017. (This is Humanity Affirming Stuff!)

If you are looking for some good news, read on. The end of Guinea Worm Global health experts have been anticipating the end of Guinea Worm for a long time, and 92-year-old President Jimmy Carter has famously vowed that the last...

Happy Friday! India: Officially Polio Free

Here is a world-historical event that you probably missed this week. India, which holds the world's second largest population, has not had a new case of polio for one year.

Eradicating a Disease Vs. Eradicating a Terrorist

Reports that the CIA used a vaccination campaign as a ruse to gather intelligence on Osama Bin Laden may set back efforts to eradicate Polio in endemic countries.

How You Can Spread Awareness About Vaccines and Win $5k

GOOD is hosting a competition for a $5,000 grant "to fund an idea that helps increase understanding about the role that vaccines play in the fight for global health."

Roll Out of Pneumonia Vaccine –Fighting A Major Cause of Child Death

A new vaccine for pneumonia is going to be introduced in Kenya on Monday, following on its introduction in Nicaragua, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Yemen

Routine Immunization is More Important than Ever

5 Big Global Health Victories to Anticipate in 2017. (This is Humanity Affirming Stuff!)

Happy Friday! India: Officially Polio Free

Eradicating a Disease Vs. Eradicating a Terrorist

How You Can Spread Awareness About Vaccines and Win $5k

Roll Out of Pneumonia Vaccine –Fighting A Major Cause of Child Death

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations