As a Shot@Life Champion I am so hopeful that we WILL eradicate Polio in our lifetime!!!! However, in order to gain more support I think people need a reminder of how it was before we had the polio vaccine. Today's guest post is by my friend Jennifer Carney….. The polio vaccine has been around since the 1950’s. It came about as a result of a monumental effort from an American president ...
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Shot@Life-What do WE do now??
As many of you know I attended the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life Summit last week. I lobbied with other Champions to request that our members of Congress support Foreign Aid bills. Currently the US foreign aid funding is less than 1% of the federal budget and global healthcare is only 15% of that 1%. Team New Jersey and a friend from South Dakota met with 5 Congressional offices ...