Red Cross & Red Crescent @Vaccines

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  <article> <h1> <span>Red Cross &amp; Red Crescent @Vaccines</span> </h1> <ul> <li> <b>18 October 2016</b> </li> </ul> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <article id="post-122" class="module single-post-module post-122 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-at-vaccines tag-measles tag-red-cross tag-rubella tag-volunteers et-has-post-format-content et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"> <div> <div> <p>This week <a href="https://twitter.com/vaccines" target="_blank">@Vaccines</a> is curated by Dr. Julie Lyn Hall, Head of Health and Care at the <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifrc.org%2F&amp;t=NjNjNTliZWI1NzgyYjA2ZDNhYWQ3MmFkYWIyYzU4YWJmMWRlNGQwYyxYaWt6UXlyWQ%3D%3D&amp;b=t%3AQu1t50Qiw_Toh6R6hbih9w&amp;m=1" target="_blank">International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies</a>, who will be tweeting from Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization meeting and a high-level discussion on using measles and rubella programmes to strengthen routine immunisation.</p> <p>Immunization interventions are a natural entry point and driver to provide broader health services closer to communities who need them most.</p> <p>As members of their own communities, Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers are familiar with their environment and know how best to bridge the social, cultural and other barriers that impede progress towards ensuring equitable access to life-saving vaccines.</p> <p>The IFRC advocates for the integration of immunization, nutrition and malaria interventions with other disease control programmes in order to ensure that essential health services are provided in an equitable manner to all communities with a focus on reaching underserved populations.</p> </div> </div> <input type="hidden" id="post_id" value="122"> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/red-cross-red-crescent-vaccines">Original article</a> </p><p>This article was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork">VaccinesWork</a> </p><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-M7H54VD');</script><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-M7H54VD" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript></article>

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