Unfortunately we still need a World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia still kills more kids around the world than any other illness or disease. Credit: World Moms Blog Every year about 1.4 million kids under 5 die from pneumonia around the world. World Health Organization Doubly tragic because it doesn’t have to be so …
TIME OUT FOR SOCIAL GOOD It’s World Polio Day. It offers not just a temporary reprieve from our media-weary souls but an opportunity to recognize the many international efforts aimed at ending polio. It’s a chance to help kids and families on the other side of the world. It’s also …
Your kid wakes up with a fever, runny nose, watery eyes, a cough. No biggie, just another virus. You call the school and curse the miscreant next door spewing germs all your son. A couple days later your son is still at home and now white legions have popped up in his mouth. You call the pediatrician who this time does not …
Today we have a guest post about the United Nations Foundation’s Shot At Life Campaign, a cause dear to my soft skeptical heart. I’ve said my piece about kids dying from diarrhea before but Momma Data friend, public health guru and now Shot At Life Champion, Andrea tells why she ventured to …
2013 Shot at Life Advocates storming the Capitol (United Nations Foundation). This week I had the privilege to attend the second annual Shot at Life Summit hosted by the United Nations Foundation in D.C. As some of you know, Shot at Life, a campaign devoted to improving children’s access to vaccines in the …