We believe that if we can help keep moms and children healthy worldwide, we can get at the nexus of many sustainable development goals. Moms can go back to work to combat extreme poverty; girls can stay in school to finish secondary school and potentially a university degree; we can promote gender equality, improve maternal and child health, and prevent mother to child transmission of HIV, to name a few outcomes.
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In a massive feat of endurance, ONE members have been campaigning relentlessly for increased support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the last eight (yes, eight!) months.
They’ve tweeted, instagrammed, held meetings, signed petitions, made phone calls, shared their children’s drawings, and demonstrated on the streets – all to drive home the point to world leaders that #EveryParent deserves the chance to give their child a healthy start in life.
So, unless these leaders have been living on under rocks (with...
The Art of Saving a Life is a collection of stories about how vaccines continue to change the course of history. It offers an opportunity to hear, see and feel the tremendous impact of immunization, and to energize us in the global effort to protect every child from life-threatening disease.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned 30 world-renowned photographers, painters, sculptors, writers, filmmakers, and musicians created representations focused on the past, present and future impact of immunization.
By Edwin Ikhuoria, Nigeria Country Representative, ONE
A hospital in Lagos, Nigeria stocks up on Ebola supplies. Photo credit: Bryan Christensen/ CDC
Nigeria’s response to the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa has so far been robust and decisive – attracting commendations from several international partners.
As of October 13, 2014, the World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola, a victory in a region where Ebola has claimed the lives of more than 5,000 people.
For a country to be declared Ebola-free, it must...
UPDATE: This post was updated on October 24, 2014
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1. Where is the recent Ebola outbreak?
This map from World Health Organization and CNN puts the Ebola outbreak into context. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the most affected countries, but a few cases have popped up in the US, Spain, Nigeria and Senegal.
2. What’s the background of the virus?
A trackmap of Ebola, infographic by Africa Spring
The virus was first discovered by an outbreak in 1976, which up until now has...
Dr. Martin Dedicoat is a consultant in infectious diseases at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. We interviewed him as part of our #PassTheMic campaign. Here’s some of what he had to say.
Learning from each other during this time is vital. A repository of information to show responses that have worked and those that haven’t would be useful.
For example, in Medellin, Colombia, they’ve done something for people who come to hospital with symptoms of COVID, but are not ill enough to...