Shot@Life champion for @Vaccines

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  <article> <h1> <span>Shot@Life champion for @Vaccines</span> </h1> <ul> <li> <b>12 February 2018</b> </li> </ul> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <article class="module single-post-module post-2029 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-at-vaccines et-has-post-format-content et_post_format-et-post-format-standard" id="post-2029"> <div> <div> <div> <p>This week we welcome Dr. Purvi Parikh, doctor, advocate and Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University School of Medicine, to <a href="https://twitter.com/Vaccines">@Vaccines!</a> As an adult and paediatric allergist and immunologist, she is passionate about immunisation and vaccinates children and adults on a daily basis. She also educates communities on the importance of vaccinations.</p> <p>In addition to her medical work, Dr. Parikh is a champion and spokesperson for Shot@Life, whose<a href="http://shotatlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-Champion-Summit-Program.pdf"> Champion Summit in Washington DC</a> she will be tweeting from over the next few days. As part of her work with Shot@Life, she was chosen to travel with them to Zambia as part of a fellowship, and last year participated in a vaccine panel with Zoe Saldana and Aaron Sherinian representing the organisation.</p> <p>But her public advocacy doesn’t stop there. She also has her own monthly column in Us News and World Report to inform patients about pertinent medical issues,  with a focus on vaccinations. Her monthly columns have frequently emphasised the importance of vaccines and one in particular focused on the work of organisations such as Shot@Life, Gavi, and UNICEF abroad.</p> <p>Follow her <a href="https://twitter.com/Vaccines">@Vaccines</a> this week to find out more about her latest vaccine advocacy, and the wonderful work of <a href="http://shotatlife.org/">Shot@Life</a> !</p> </div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <input id="post_id" type="hidden" value="2029"></article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/shotlife-champions-for-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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