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WIRED highlights immunization

October 21, 2009 – 8:42 pm

The November issue of digital mag Wired dropped through our mailbox this morning..  its cover story is about immunization and how parents who are deciding (in response to misinformation spread by anti-vaccination groups) to not have their kids vaccinated, are endangering  public health.  Paul Offit, a pediatrician and the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine is [...]

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Our Video Spotlighted on YouTube

April 24, 2009 – 8:13 am

We’re proud to announce that our latest video, developed for WHO’s European Immunization Week, is being spotlighted on YouTube. The video, launched two days ago, has been very well received and is being actively commented and reviewed in social media.    The video has also risen to the most viewed category on YouTube.  Check it below:

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WHO releases virus for Immunization Week

April 22, 2009 – 10:29 am

For its fourth European Immunization Week (EIW) the World Health Organization (WHO) is, for the first time, leveraging innovative Internet-based viral techniques and social media to advocate for immunization across Europe. The initiative, taking place in 36 countries from 20-26 April, is spearheaded by an animated YouTube video. launched today, that aims to spread the [...]

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CDC leading the way

March 17, 2009 – 12:52 pm

We follow with interest and excitement the US Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) use of social media. Some of the new approaches to health promotion include recently launched eCards through which people can send greetings, while sharing health related messages.. they’ve also opened a virtual flu clinic on Whyville.net, a site that explains a wide [...]

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