[RED DEMOCRATICA] Shot@Life launches to help vaccinate children

 

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	April 26, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Shot@Life launches to help vaccinate children The Shot@Life campaign of the United Nations Foundation, in conjunction with World Immunization Week, began its appeal today to U.S. parents to donate money toward providing greater access to child vaccines against polio, measles, rotavirus and pneumonia in developing countries. "Vaccines currently help save 2.5 million children from preventable diseases every year. One in five children still lack access to the life-saving immunizations that help keep children healthy, mainly do to funding gaps," writes Katherine Stone at Babble. Read more from Real Simple. BabyCenter.com/Mom Stories blog (4/23), Babble/Strollerderby blog (4/25), The Washington Post/On Parenting blog (4/25)      UN camp planned in Kenya for Sudanese refugees  Consumption, inequality to shape growth  Educating Indian girls out of early marriage  People power is key to combating climate threats  Taylor is convicted of Sierra Leone war crimes  National Launch of Shot@Life Campaign Rallies Largest Network of Americans in Support of Global Vaccine Efforts  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign What can you commit? We're kicking-off the campaign with a goal to vaccinate 1,000 children by Mother's Day. Will you help us? #vaccineswork" @ShotAtLife "Sometimes it's hard to believe that a disease we've been fighting as long as malaria is still serious. Malaria sounds like it should have vanished with the British Raj. But it hasn't. On World Malaria Day, five truths about malaria's continuing existence, from the World Health Organization." UN Dispatch UN camp planned in Kenya for Sudanese refugees A refugee camp is slated to be opened by the United Nations in northern Kenya to accommodate refugees from Sudan and South Sudan who are expected soon to max out the Kakuma camp, which can hold 100,000 people. Civilians are suffering most from the cross-border fighting that has sent a flood of refugees, too, into camps in South Sudan. Reuters (4/25), The Guardian (London) (4/26), Al-Jazeera (4/25)        Other News UN: Myanmar reforms could spur dramatic development The Washington Post/The Associated Press (4/25)      UNESCO ambassador Hancock tunes up for first International Jazz Day Los Angeles Times/Culture Monster blog (tiered subscription model) (4/25)      Consumption, inequality to shape growth Global population won't be as critical as inequality and consumption in coming years, and the developed world must reduce its high levels of consumption or risk drifting "into a downward spiral of economic and environmental ills leading to a more unequal and inhospitable future," concludes a report from the Royal Society. The Guardian (London) (4/25)        Ghana launches landmark vaccination campaign Authorities in Ghana this week will begin vaccinating babies against rotavirus and pneumococcal disease -- causes of two of the world's biggest killers of children, severe diarrhea and pneumonia -- after the GAVI Alliance struck a deal with drug companies to provide mass quantities of the vaccines at lower prices. No other African country has introduced the vaccines simultaneously. Reuters (4/26), The Huffington Post (4/26)      Other News Red Crescent volunteer shot to death outside Damascus AlertNet/Reuters (4/26)      Drug-resistant malaria spreads in Southeast Asia countries Channel NewsAsia (4/25)      Educating Indian girls out of early marriage "100% genuine girls. Young. Innocent. And available," begins the introductory message to the website of The Girl Store, a unique campaign to prevent girls in India from being being sold into marriage or sex slavery by purchasing supplies for school. Donors can buy items uniforms for $27 apiece, as well as items such as workbooks, backpacks and pencil sets. The Wall Street Journal/India Real Time blog (4/24)      Other News Vocational training of Afghan women is chronicled in audio slideshow The Guardian (London) (4/25)      People power is key to combating climate threats Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics, discusses how communities in rich and poor countries manage natural resources, and how the varying experiences can be used to address man-made climate change. "I am a believer of the capabilities of people to organize at a local level," she said. "The solutions that are evolved by local people have a chance of being more imaginative." IRINNews.org (4/25)        Brazil to close landfill, retrain scavenger legions The largest landfill in Latin America is about to close outside Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian government has created a special program to provide job training for some 1,500 "catadores," or waste scavengers, who depend on the dump for their livelihoods. BBC (4/25)        Taylor is convicted of Sierra Leone war crimes Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was convicted today of 11 counts of war crimes -- including terrorism, murder, rape, enslavement and child conscription -- during the 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone that killed an estimated 50,000 people. The verdict handed down by the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone was the first against a former head of state by an international court since the Nuremberg trials. Al-Jazeera (4/26), The Economist (4/21)      France eyes military action to stem Syria violence Up to 70 people were reportedly killed today in an attack in the Syrian city of Hama in what opposition activists are calling unconventional shelling, but the government is calling an explosion at an opposition bomb-making factory. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe is seeking Security Council approval for military intervention if a United Nations-brokered peace plan falters. The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press (4/25), BBC (4/26)        Other News China, Russia are said to boost cyberattacks on NATO Spiegel Online (Germany) (4/26)      U.S. drone war in Yemen to include "signature" assaults Al-Jazeera (4/26)      National Launch of Shot@Life Campaign Rallies Largest Network of Americans in Support of Global Vaccine Efforts Thousands of volunteer advocates, celebrities, medical experts and some of the country's most influential voices joined together today with the United Nations Foundation in launching Shot@Life, a first-of-its kind campaign to build awareness, raise funds and advocate for the millions of children around the world who do not have access to life-saving vaccines. Learn more.      Position Title Company Name Location Senior Business Development Officer International Rescue Committee New York, NY Senior Partnership Advisor International Rescue Committee New York, NY Program Officer Open Society Foundations New York , NY International Assignment Service Officer RedR Australia Melbourne, Australia Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch The Interdependent UN Radio News Service Charles Taylor guilty of aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone. UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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