Vaccine Summit Aims to Save 20 Million Lives by 2020 Mark Leon Goldberg April 24, 2013 Arguably the most important thing happening in the world today is a major meeting of policymakers, philanthropies, UN agencies, corporations and NGOs gathered in Abu Dhabi for a summit on scaling up access to childhood vaccines in the developing world.
We Are About to Save Two Million Children. Here’s How Mark Leon Goldberg April 18, 2013 There's a new plan to take on the top killers of children worldwide. Seth Berkeley explains why it will work.
Is “Vaccine Diplomacy” the Right Prescription for the Korean Peninsula? Jaclyn Schiff January 25, 2013 An op-ed suggesting vaccines could aid diplomacy with North Korea sparks debate among experts.
Top 10 Global Health Milestones in 2012 Mark Leon Goldberg December 14, 2012 PSI Impact magazine, for which I am a contributor, asked its readers to nominate 10 great global health moments of the past year, then asked experts write profiles of each milestone. This list will lift your spirits.
Exclusive Raj Shah Interview: USAID Launches New Global Child Survival Campaign Mark Leon Goldberg April 23, 2012 USAID launched "Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday," a new USA-led global push to eliminate unnecessary child deaths around the world. I spoke with USAID Administration Dr. Raj Shah about this new project for a UN Dispatch podcast.
HPV Vaccine Coming to the Developing World Mark Leon Goldberg November 17, 2011 There is big news from GAVI, the Gates-backed group that supports the provision of childhood vaccinations around the world. GAVI announced today that it will expand its vaccine programs to include the HPV vaccine, which guards against cervical cancer, and a vaccine against Rubella to promote maternal and child health.
Map of the Day: Vaccine Preventable Outbreaks Where they Should Not Be Mark Leon Goldberg October 28, 2011 The Council on Foreign Relations just posted this interactive global map of outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough since 2008.
Introducing [email protected] Mark Leon Goldberg September 19, 2011 [email protected] is a new UN Foundation campaign to support a grassroots movement to for global childhood vaccinations.
How Red Cross Volunteers Provide the Link Between Vaccines and the Children that Need Them Mark Leon Goldberg May 5, 2011 Abi Weaver, senior communications officer with the American Red Cross, talks about her recent visit to the Central African Republic and how vaccines reach their potential.
