Kelly Healy
@kellyjhealy
Mom / public health advocate / project director @PATHadvocacy / adventurer. Tweets are my own.
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19-01-2010 23:04:30
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The rollout of the world’s first multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine in Nigeria is yet another indication of what we can achieve with partnerships. I want to thank the SerumInstituteIndia for this milestone and for the enduring commitment to the health of all in Africa.
As #WorldImmunizationWeek approaches, it’s a good time to consider ways we can improve how vaccines work. Our new paper in The Lancet Global Health finds that combination vaccines may be the best solution: bit.ly/3TSfx60 Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance World Health Organization (WHO) Wits University Gates Foundation #Vaccines4UHC
NEW: Study on the efficacy of #typhoid vaccines published by The Lancet Global Health💉 According to findings, roll-out of typhoid conjugate vaccines into routine immunisation programmes in typhoid endemic settings is highly recommended thelancet.com/journals/langl… Farah Qamar RababBatool
🤱🏿WHO African Region's efforts in maternal and child health have led to reductions in mortality rates! Maternal mortality has dropped from 940 to 531 per 100K live births, with 13 countries reducing maternal mortality by 50%. Child mortality decreased from 151 to 73 per 1000 live births.
Busy #WHA77 week. New op-ed by PATH Chief Scientific Officer Melanie Saville discusses in World Economic Forum how health innovation, especially in #AI, the #mRNA platform, & #Localmanufacturing, is crucial for closing equity gaps. Dive into the 5 key steps here: weforum.org/agenda/2024/05…
🎥 Esther Nasikye from PATH stresses the need for national financing & community involvement to improve maternal, newborn, & child health. #LivesInTheBalance #MNCH Resolution adopted during #WHA77👇 pmnch.who.int/news-and-event… AlignMNH UNICEF UNFPA The Presidency 🇿🇦 Esther Nasikye
The The African Union & Africa CDC set a goal of #VaccineSovereignty by 2040. To get there, African manufacturers will need to produce 1.5 billion+ doses annually—73x more than what's produced now. We're proud to have helped inform this ONE analysis: bit.ly/3XwxXfS
The number of maternal & newborn deaths each year is staggering. Most are preventable. “We know what works, yet inequities in access to quality & affordable #MNCH services continue to slow progress,” Esther Nasikye says. Advocacy is key to driving change ⬇️ bit.ly/3XHNTvY