| July 30 - August 6 |
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| TED: See How We Will Stop Polio for Good: Polio is almost eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward (former director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organization) says: almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. |
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| August 7-12 |
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| August is National Immunization Awareness Month: PSA by Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, Army Surgeon General and Commanding General MEDCOM. |
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| August 13-19 |
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| The End of Polio - Gates Foundation Video: Last year, more than 20,000 ordinary people made their voices heard and helped convince five world leaders, together with Bill Gates, to announce an additional $118 million in funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. This year, the End of Polio campaign is calling on delegates to the United Nations General Assembly to announce further funding for polio eradication, closing the funding gap that’s currently leaving millions of children vulnerable to polio. |
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| August 20-26 |
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| Flu Vaccine Information for Pregnant Women and Children: Dr. Alicia Fry with CDC's Influenza Division answers questions about flu vaccines for pregnant women and children. This video is intended for general audiences as well as health care professionals. For more information related to flu and the flu vaccine, please visit the CDC Seasonal Influenza (flu) web site at www.cdc.gov/flu. |
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