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ALL MATERIALS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL:
00:01 Hours GMT on 18 November 2009
For further information, contact:
Carol Lin Vieira
+1 401 714 0821
cviera@burnesscommunications.com
Press Kit
Press Release
Biographical Sketches
Resources
- Background: The "GAVI Effect" on the Price of Pentavalent Vaccine
- The State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunization (Third Edition), issued on 21 October, 2009, provides context for considering the causes and impact of the price drop of the popular pentavalent vaccine. Please see below for links to a recent report on vaccines and immunization in the developing world, released by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and other key immunization partners.
More information, including executive summaries of the report in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Photos/B-roll:
B-roll: download at http://www.rockhopper.tv/gavi/downloads.aspx
Photos download at http://sharepoint-ext.gavialliance.org/mediasharefiles/default.aspx
Username: Vaccine-DC\gaviphoto
Password: Gavi2009
News organizations have permission for one-time use of images to accompany this story. Proper photo credit information must be included.
Twitter:
Receive updates and join the Twitter dialogue on the GAVI Partners'
Forum by following #VAX2009.
Other Contacts for Media:
AFRICA (GMT +3)
Meredith Braden
Mob: +254 713 234 806
mbraden@burnesscommunications.com
ASIA (GMT+7)
GAVI Alliance
Jeffrey Rowland, Director, Media & Communications
Mob (Switzerland): +41 79 240 4559
Mob (Vietnam): +84 1 222 337 698
jrowland@gavialliance.org
EUROPE (GMT+2)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Denmark
Joan Howe, Communication Specialist, Supply Division
Tel: +45 35 27 32 54
Mob: +45 29 65 71 94
World Health Organization
Melinda Henry, Information Officer
Tel: +41 22 791 2535
Mob: +41 79 477 1738
henrym@who.int
World Health Organization
Alison Ruth Brunier, Communications Officer
Tel : +41 22 791 4468
bruniera@who.int
GAVI Alliance
Kerstin Reisdorf, Manager, Media & Communications
Tel: +41 22 909 2920
Mob: +41 79 250 2398
kreisdorf@gavialliance.org
THE AMERICAS (GMT-4)
Coimbra Sirica
Tel: +1 631 757 4027
Mob: +1 631 836 3181
csirica@burnesscommunications.com
Carol Lin Vieira
Tel: +1 401-714-0821
Mob: +1 571-723-2432
cvieira@burnesscommunications.com
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