Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Founder and CEO of Panorama, a non-profit action tank working to solve global problems through audacious thinking and bold action.
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Where You Live Shouldn’t Decide Whether You Live. Demand World Leaders Invest in Vaccines
Global Citizen 22h 2 tweets
Where You Live Shouldn’t Decide Whether You Live. Demand World Leaders Invest in Vaccines
World Immunization Week 2019 #VaccinesWork
Who.int 14d 16 tweets
Celebrated in the last week of April, World Immunization Week aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald I will be tweeting about #vaccines every day in honor of World Immunization Week, & I hope you’ll join in, since will give $1 to for every like/share of posts using the hashtag #VaccinesWork. 21h
More than 8,500 women have joined the 500 Women Scientists database
Megan Thielking - STAT 42h 5 tweets
The researchers behind the organization report that journalists, conference organizers, and others have accessed the database more than 100,000 times.
'First malaria vaccine' to be tested
BBC News 57h 15 tweets
The treatment, developed over 30 years, is the first to give partial protection to children, WHO says.
Malaria battle reaches a critical crossroads
The Seattle Times 21h 2 tweets
A new malaria strategy from the Gates Foundation highlights the need for new approaches and perseverance in the long battle to eradicate the disease, which continues to kill hundreds of thousands of children ever year. 
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Gabrielle Fitzgerald “Global funding has plateaued in recent years and #malaria is creeping back... A groundbreaking #vaccine, developed w/ w/ support, is now being piloted but more development is needed before such vaccines are a silver bullet.” 21h
Using their immunity, Ebola survivors play special role in Congo outbreak | CBC News
CBC 3d 2 tweets
Dozens of survivors are providing care — and much-needed human contact — to some of the littlest victims of the second-worst Ebola epidemic on record.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald 28% of confirmed and probable #Ebola cases in the current outbreak are children. Survivors with immunity are playing a critical role, providing care and human contact for sick and frightened patients who are isolated from family members: #DRC 21h
Measles Outbreak Declared in Los Angeles County
Nytimes.com 37h 9 tweets
Five cases of the disease, the first in the county this year, are being investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald #LosAngeles is the latest metropolitan area to declare a #measles outbreak; 71 new cases have been confirmed nationwide in just the past week #vaccineswork 21h
The undeniable power of vaccines
Unicef.org 21h 1 tweets
As Ukraine faces one of the world’s worst measles outbreaks, doctors and parents work together to dispel myths about vaccines
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “There is no room for discussion in #vaccination. It is absurd to deny its effectiveness.” Via : As Ukraine faces one of world’s worst #measles outbreaks, doctors & parents work together to dispel myths: #vaccineswork 21h
The Win-Win of JUST Jobs
JUST Capital 21h 1 tweets
JUST Capital is taking a first step toward demonstrating the business case for increased transparency and worker investment with The Win-Win of JUST Jobs.
The Best Man For The Job Can Be A Woman: Three Ways To Kick-Start Your Journey To CEO
Forbes 37h 2 tweets
Increasing the representation of women in nonprofit leadership is important, but the pace of change needs to be faster and the conversation needs to widen.
Doctors clear up 7 common myths about vaccines
TODAY.com 44h 1 tweets
When it comes to vaccines it is easy to be confused.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald It can’t be shared enough: #Vaccineswork! #Publichealth and infectious disease specialists dispel 5 common myths about #vaccine schedules, autism, and more 44h
Armed Groups Are Attacking Health Workers Responding To Ebola Outbreak
NPR.org 44h 1 tweets
There's been a deadly escalation of the violence against health workers trying to curb the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since Friday there have been two separate attacks.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “Despite the fact that >100,000 people have been vaccinated, there's been a surge of new cases. And >1,300 people have been infected so far. The biggest obstacle to stopping the [Ebola] outbreak: armed groups who keep attacking health workers.” 44h
Partnership welcomes launch of first malaria vaccine pilot
Gavi.org 48h 1 tweets
Funding agencies hail important step for the world’s first malaria vaccine.
Your Cell Phone Is Spreading Ebola
Laurie Garrett - Foreign Policy 8d 33 tweets
A deadly outbreak in Congo has become a global emergency because of a raging conflict over valuable minerals.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “Unless the flow of cash-for-coltan comes to a halt, our cell phones will indirectly fuel violence and spur further spread of #Ebola.” for : #DRC 3d
Georgia will provide free menstrual hygiene products to low-income girls, women
TheHill 5d 1 tweets
Lawmakers in Georgia have set aside funds in the state’s multibillion-dollar budget for the first time to provide low-income women and girls with free menstrual pads and tampons. 
Our planet, our health: responding to a changing world | Wellcome
Wellcome.ac.uk 693d 5 tweets
We want to find ways to protect, nurture and sustain our planet.
Life after solving climate change: Not mud huts and gruel but clean air and warm homes
USA TODAY 3d 3 tweets
What will life be like after we've solved climate change? Better than today or worse? Mud huts and gruel or the flying cars and the Jetsons?
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “For #EarthDay, let’s presume we've successfully made that shift to a carbon-neutral world and you, your children or your grandchildren are waking up on a crisp fall morning sometime between 2050 and 2100. What’s the day like?” 3d
Two-wave U.S. flu season is now the longest in a decade
NBC News 3d 1 tweets
This flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S., but a surprising second viral wave has made it the longest in 10 years.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald 3 months ago, the 2019 #flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S. But surprising second viral wave has made it the longest in 10 years: #influenza 3d
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Financial Times 4d 2 tweets
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “Decades of disinvestment have left perilously few companies active in antibiotic development.” of on the disaster in the #antibiotics market & the #globalhealth implications 3d
Measles outbreak drains resources we may need for a future epidemic or bioterrorist attack
USA TODAY 9d 4 tweets
We cannot afford to ignore the lessons that measles, Ebola, pandemic influenza and other diseases have been teaching us about our vulnerabilities.
Gabrielle Fitzgerald “We cannot afford to ignore lessons that #measles, #Ebola, pandemic #influenza, plague, #Zika & other diseases have been teaching... vulnerabilities to biological events could overcome our national ability to respond & recover.” 3d