Winifred Ogbebo, AllAfrica.com Through no fault of her own, baby Zarau Audu may not be able to walk normally when she grows up. Unlike most of her peers, at 11 months old, she already faces the daunting prospect of being physically challenged throughout life. If she...
The Government of Zimbabwe, AllAfrica.com Rotavirus, a highly contagious infection that is transmitted by contaminated water, hands, or objects, is sweeping across the country, causing high fever and serious dehydration among children under the age of five. Read more....
Malaka Gharib, ONE Blog The government of Benin, as well as those of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon, announced today that they are working with GAVI to introduce vaccines to combat pneumonia, one of the biggest killers of children worldwide. As the vaccines come...
Meredith Mazzotta, Center for Global Health Policy At the inaugural pledging conference of The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) on June 13, a record $4.3 billion in donations was secured from private and public donors, including a $450 million multi-year pledge from the United...
Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times Two new studies offer good news for newborns and children about two different vaccinations — flu vaccine for pregnant women, and rotavirus vaccine for infants. There is no flu vaccine licensed for children under 6 months, and infants that age have...
Jonathan Glennie , PovertyMatters Blog It is a positive sign that major western NGOs are beginning to talk about the problem of aid dependence and the need for exit strategies from aid. They are doing no more than responding to the concerns expressed for some years...
Charles Kenny, Foreign Policy In 2009, veterinarians at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization made a remarkable announcement: Rinderpest, a livestock-borne disease, would soon be eradicated. OK, so maybe it wasn't front-page news, but rinderpest -- which causes animals to develop fever, followed by diarrhea and...
Michael van Baker, The Sun Break When Seattle starts to feel a little too provincial to you, the World Affairs Council delivers on its promise to “link Greater Seattle to the world.” Since 1951, the non-profit has been presenting events that interrupt our cloud-enshrouded navel-gazing, through...
Malaka Gharib, ONE Blog Ever since the big news last week, our ONE members have been thank yous from some pretty great people: GAVI’s CEO Helen Evans (listen to her message here), USAID Administrator Raj Shah (see his video here) and ONE’s Executive Director Jamie Drummond....
Renee Appert, ONE Blog Visit CNN.com today? Well if you haven’t, stop, drop and click because that’s right -– ONE’s brand new original documentary, “Voodoo and Vaccines in Benin, Africa” is featured on the CNN.com homepage! Yes, homepage. With placement on the website’s most trafficked page...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
