Mass vaccination in Uganda: Lions Clubs dedication to eliminating measles
Notes from the field: a guest blog by Benjamin Futransky Lions, known worldwide for their dedication to preserving sight, have joined the Measles & Rubella Initiative in the effort to end measles. Benjamin Futransky, a Lions Clubs International Foundation staff member, recently traveled to Uganda while Lions Clubs members were actively involved in the country’s national … Continue reading
A new plan to eliminate measles and rubella
Today the Measles Initiative has several announcements:
1) Deaths from measles have decreased globally by 74%
2) But 380 children are still dying from measles every day
3) We’re changing our name. From today, the Measles Initiative becomes the Measles & Rubella Initiative.
“Measles Touches Our Hearts”: Lions Clubs mobilise to help stop measles everywhere
Lions, known worldwide for their dedication to preserving sight, have joined the Measles Initiative in the effort to end measles. Through a challenge grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lions Clubs International will mobilize US$15 million to support measles campaigns through the Measles Initiative. In addition, Lions Clubs members are helping to ensure … Continue reading
It’s all in the details: Myanmar’s measles campaign
Health workers in Myanmar are vaccinating almost six and a half million kids this week in an effort to protect all children under five from measles. Mid-way through the campaign, monitors are praising Myanmar’s efforts. “So far the campaign has been excellent,” reports Andrea Gay, director of child health at the UN Foundation and a … Continue reading
Nepal’s women health volunteers spread the word to every mountain
The landscape of Nepal is breathtaking. You look around and take in the sheer size of what the Nepalis call “hills”. If you cast your eye upwards, and up yet again you might see the snow-capped Himalaya presiding over these hills. I was recently in Nepal to help monitor a measles-rubella campaign. This is Nepal’s … Continue reading
What do kids in Laos do after they’ve been immunized?
This month three million young people in Laos are being immunized against measles and rubella in a nationwide campaign. The effort aims to dramatically reduce and even stop local transmission of the viruses in Laos. So what do kids in Laos do after receiving a jab? These kids in Pakse celebrated a little and took … Continue reading
Stop Measles, Rubella & Congenital Rubella Syndrome 