This week, ONE is in Ghana with a team of five bloggers to document the launch of two new life-saving vaccines. Follow along on the ONE Blog, Twitter and Facebook for real-time updates of their journey. ONE’s Jeannine Harvey reports:
We have landed at Kotoka Airport, Accra, Ghana for the launch of new life-saving vaccines: the pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. ONE has brought a group of writers, bloggers and storytellers to share their experiences and stories from the field about this historic event, which is the first simultaneous rollout of the two vaccines that will protect children against pneumonia and severe infant diarrhea, two of the biggest killers of children in the developing world.
As we watch the first vaccines administered, visit a malnutrition clinic, and speak with HIV+ women and children, we invite you to journey with us virtually through our tweets, Facebook and the ONE Blog.
Each morning, we’ll post our agenda for the day on ONE’s blog and social media with information about our site visits and some of the people we meet. Follow our daily visits via Google Maps, and keep in touch with us by tweeting your questions or comments to our ONE bloggers and following the hashtag #ONEMoms. Our bloggerswill answer them and share them all with those we meet. We’ll try to capture responses from the field via SoundCloud (audio) and upload/post them to our communities as close to real-time possible.
Click on the pins to see where the bloggers are going:
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And follow our team of bloggers:
Ana Roca Castro, Babble Voices @AnaRC @BabbleEditors. Ana Roca Castro is a social media entrepreneur and mother of four. Founder of Latinos in Social Media #Latism and publisher of Plaza Familia, Ana is a prolific blogger at Babble Voices.
Amy Graff, BabyCenter, @bayareamoms. Amy Graff, ONE Mom and member, lives in San Francisco with her husband and two kids. A connoisseur of all parenting news, she blogs for BabyCenter and at the San Francisco Chronicle’s Mommy Files.
C.C. Chapman, CC Chapman/Passion Hit TV @cc_chapman. Speaker, entrepreneur, social media enthusiast, and marketing guru C.C. Chapman blogs on his website, where he shares his thoughts on everything from business to parenting.
Rich Galen, Mullings @richgalen. A veteran of Washington politics and media, Rich Galen now writes a highly regarded column, Mullings, and makes frequent appearances on all the major news networks.
Bryant Shannon, Life In Rupees, @BShannon. Bryant Shannon graduated last year from the University of Florida and is now spending a year in India on a Fulbright-Nehru grant. A dedicated ONE member interested in agriculture, biomedical engineering, and public health, Bryant will be heading off to medical school in the fall.
And please check the following for frequent updates: