This month is National Immunization Awareness Month! Delaying your child's vaccines, or refusing vaccines, leaves your child vulnerable and puts others at risk. Learn more about how vaccines work to protect others. #NIAM18 #VaccinesWork ow.ly/eqoj30ju4uc

Vaccine-preventable diseases include: Cervical cancer Cholera Diphtheria Hep B Influenza Japanese encephalitis Measles Mumps Pertussis Pneumonia Polio Rabies Rotavirus Rubella Tetanus Typhoid Varicella Yellow Fever Protected together, #VaccinesWork!

3 in 10 people around the world lack access to safe drinking water at home.

AAP recommends children receive the injectable form of the flu vaccine during the 2018-2019 flu season, which was shown to be more consistently effective against most strains of the flu virus over the past several flu seasons. #FightFlu ow.ly/Y1vZ30lGpvZ

The escalation of violence in Idlib could be deadly for children. As the Security Council meets on Syria today, we remind its members that the future of millions of Syrian children is in their hands. Catherine Russell uni.cf/2wNPhiE #ChildrenUnderAttack

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Every 40 seconds, someone, somewhere in the world, dies by suicide. That's one too many. If you know someone who may be considering suicide, talk to them about it. Listen, support and #LetsTalk ❤️ #SuicidePrevention

Depression. Anxiety Suicide. This is the long-term impact of violence on children and young people. A staggering 150 million teenagers around the world report experiencing peer-to-peer violence in and around school: uni.cf/END-violence #ENDviolence #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

One in four children lives in an immigrant family. Even the threat of this policy puts families in the impossible position of choosing between critical health and nutrition services and staying together.

Children can’t vote, but I can! I just supported #VoteKids by adding a badge to my profile picture. Join me! aap.org/votekids

#HealthForAll means just that. 🤰🏽👵🏾🤱🏻👧🏾👨🏻👲🏻👩🏻 👶🏽 👱🏾‍♂️👱🏻‍♀️👨🏾🧑🏽👩👦🏻🧒🏽 👳‍♀️ 👶👳🏾‍♀️👲🏼👴🏿🧓👵🏼🧔🏻 👧🏼 👧🏻👶🏻👳🏾‍♂️🧕🏼🤱🏽🤰🏼🙋🏼‍♂️ 🧔 🧓🏽👶🏿🧒👳🏼‍♂️🧑🏼👱🏿‍♀️🧕🏾 👦🏾 Leave no one behind.

Are you feeling outraged and unheard? Don't forget that feeling. Use your power and vote!

20 Nov is #WorldChildrensDay and the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Celebrate the progress made for children and demand world leaders address the work that remains: uni.cf/goblue

This #WorldChildrensDay, I want leaders to commit to doing more to fulfill child rights. #GoBlue, sign the petition at uni.cf/goblue

Road traffic deaths can be preventable. Let’s do more than remember: wear your seatbelt, wear a helmet and have patience and respect for the most dangerous thing you do in your life.

Traveling for the holidays? Make sure children ride in an age-appropriate car seat or booster seat, whether for a trip around the corner or across the country. More #KidSafeHoliday travel tips from AAP: ow.ly/ZXv530mrJ0j

Have a safe and merry Christmas

61% of child deaths in the US are caused by injuries, most commonly motor vehicle accidents and firearms. The US has 36 times the rate of gun deaths compared to other high-income countries. NOT A TYPO- 36 times more CHILD DEATHS due to firearms! n.pr/2PMudAw

Looking for some good news to end the year? Here are 10 "good news" stories for children: declining child marriage, more kids in school, and other areas of progress. hrw.org/news/2018/12/2…

Practical advice for combating one of the WHO’s top ten health threats of 2019. nyti.ms/2RRZ83y