Media Pushes for Commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Updated November 11, 2015 

​Editorials and Columns

• Give global vaccine effort generous support, Daily Herald, Everett, WA, January 18, 2015
• 'Connecting reality and dreams' to heal the world, Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT, January 17, 2015 

Reprinted: Stamford Advocate, Connecticut Post, Danbury News Tribune, San Antonio Express, Times Union, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Beaumont Enterprise

• Our View: U.S. should aid immunizations around the globe, Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM, January 13, 2015

• Another View: U.S. needs to assist world vaccine effort, Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI, January 11, 2015

• The United States should generously support Gavi’s immunization efforts, Washington Post, Washington, DC, January 11, 2015
• Vaccines for all: The U.S. can help save millions of children, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, December 29, 2014
• U.S. should meet alliance’s vaccine challenge, Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX, December 27, 2014
• Vaccinating the world, Toledo Blade, Toledo, OH, December 26, 2014

• Para salvar a millones de niños, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL, December 15, 2014

• World vaccine drive saves 6 million lives, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, December 9, 2014
• Support Gavi to prevent needless deaths, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, December 5, 2014

• Save lives, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, December 1, 2014

• Doctor has seen success of delivering vaccines to Tanzania, Jon Bauer, Everett Herald, Everett, WA, November 2, 2014
• Vaccine group says 5 million-plus lives can be saved over next few years in poor countries, Lois M. Collins, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, October 30, 2014
• Fighting diseases is a global effort, The Times of Northwest Indiana, Munster, IN, October 16, 2014
• Investing in vaccines can save the Third World, Jay Evensen, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, October 9, 2014
• Global health tough sell: Immunizing against idiocy, Tom Paulson, Humanosphere, Seattle, WA, October 2, 2014

News and Features

• Two FIU medical students, one joint New Year’s resolution that could save millions of lives, Ilena Varela, FIU News, Miami, FL, January 5, 2015
• Tacoma man part of international organization that saves lives with vaccinations, Kari Plog, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA, January 1, 2015
• Effort could save millions of kids: Front & Center, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, December 30, 2014
• Vaccine push has Omahans' backing, Rick Ruggles, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE, December 22, 2014

• Pakistan Keeps On Vaccinating Despite Tough Terrain And Terror Threat, Jason Beaubien, NPR, December 18, 2014

• Staying alive: Why measles won't take down the Maasai, Meera Senthilingam, CNN, December 11, 2014 

• Making sense of Marshall Ledbetter & global vaccines, 90.7 WFME, Orlando, FL, December 9, 2014
• The Takeaway, KSER, Everett, WA, November 20, 2014
• The fight to replenish the Gavi Alliance for Vaccine fund, Nicole Melancon, Thirdeyemom.com, November 10, 2014
• Dr. Namala Mkopi: I’m tired of seeing children die of things that can be prevented, Anupama Dathan, One.org, October 29, 2014
• Univ. of Maryland group plans to provide cheaper vaccines worldwide, Rokia Hassanein, DiamondBack, College Park, MD, October 13, 2014
• As Ebola breaches U.S., push mounts for vaccines abroad, Melanie Russell, Snohomish County Tribune, Snohomish, WA, October 8, 2014

• Thousands of children are dying every day from diseases we could prevent, Sam P.K. Collins, Think Progress, September 17, 2014

Op-eds

• Vaccines save kids’ lives — millions of them, Marc Tolo, Courier Post, NJ, January 17, 2015
• Vaccines save kids’ lives — millions of them, Marc Tolo, Morris Daily Record, NJ, January 17, 2015
• Vaccines save kids’ lives — millions of them, Marc Tolo, Home News Tribune, NJ, January 17, 2015

• Greater access to vaccinations will save millions more of the worlds' children, Marc Tolo, Times of Trenton, Trenton, NJ, January 5, 2015

• This new year, use your voice to help others, Debbie Baskin, Park Record, Park City, UT, December 30, 2014
• This new year, use your voice to help others, Debbie Baskin, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, December 30, 2014
• Work together to vaccinate kids, save lives, Dr. Dure Samin Akram and the Rev. Carol Huston, The Westchester Journal News, White Plains, NY, December 25, 2014
• Vaccines provide healthy life for millions of children overseas, Robyn Schickler and Jerry Trotter, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, December 23, 2014
• My view: The worth of one child, William Cosgrove, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, December 19, 2014
• A global conspiracy of health, Michael Gerson, Washington Post, Washington, DC, December 18, 2014
• A trusted path to global health, Nancy Gardiner, Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT, December 18, 2014
• A trusted path to global health, Nancy Gardiner, Greenwich Time, Greenwich, CT, December 18, 2014
• A trusted path to global health, Nancy Gardiner, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT, December 18, 2014
• A trusted path to global health, Nancy Gardiner, News Times, Danbury, CT, December 18, 2014
• Global health means vaccinating the young, Barbara Mihm, Sun Sentinel, Miami, FL, December 4, 2014

• Una alianza mundial por la vida, Maria Del Mar Losada, El Nuevo Herald, December 3, 2014

• Four reasons why the US should invest more in vaccines around the world, Sen. Richard G. Lugar, The Hill, Washington, DC, November 19, 2014
• Vaccine alliance shot in the arm world’s kids need, Randall Knott, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM, November 19, 2014
• Death Without Regrets, Bob Dickerson, New York Times, New York, NY, November 18, 2014
• Immunization can prevent diseases, Barbara Mihm and Betsy Suero Skipp, Miami Herald, Miami, FL, November 16, 2014
• Urge US leaders to support Gavi, Carla Mettling, The Missoulian, Missoula, MT, November 10, 2014
• Here and overseas, vaccinations make better lives, Hilary Hewes, The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, Novemeber 9, 2014

• Vaccines important in addressing world diseases, Judy Zizzo,  Helena Independent Record, Helena, MT, October 15, 2014

• Organization gives kids globally access to vaccinations, Ralph Noble, Galveston County Daily News, Galveston, TX, October 9, 2014

• Let Congress know that funding for vaccines for children will save millions of lives, Bob Dickerson, Real Change, Seattle, WA, October 8, 2014
• Preventing disease is everyone’s responsibility, Jaegar Doty, The Puget Sound Trial, Tacoma, WA, October 3, 2014
• The 17000 children who died today, Sandra Eagle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, September 25, 2014

• The 17000 children who died today, Sandra Eagle, Stamford Advocate, Stamford, CT, September 25, 2014

• Funding childhood vaccines is a sound investment, Alan Searle, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, September 21, 2014
• Immunizations are important for all children, Stephen Arnold, Herald Times, Bloomington, IN, August 19, 2014

Letters to the Editor

• Immunizations save children, Amy Rossman, Albany Democrat Herald, Albany, NY, January 25, 2015

Reprinted: The Corvallis Gazette-Times

• Measles Awareness, Willie Dickerson, Costco Connection, April 1, 2015

• Making commitments to improve our community/our world sounds more fun than making resolutions in the new year, Willie Dickerson, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, January 20, 2015

• We can help save 5.5 million children, Kenneth Vogele, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, January 19, 2015
• Save a life for $1,500, Kristopher William Zyp, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake, UT, January 17, 2015

• Editorial right about aid to vaccine group, Willie Dickerson, Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI, January 15, 2015

• U.S. needs to support global vaccinations, Shirley Jane Hobbs, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, January 15, 2015
• Thanks for including the guest editorial last week from Laura Finley, “Make Commitments, Not Resolutions”  Phyllis Bjorkman, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, January 13, 2015

• Our chance to save millions, Cathy Lyons-Spear, Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, January 14, 2015

• Vaccinations: US must pledge support for Gavi, Carla Mettling, The Missoulian, Missoula, MT, January 13, 2014

• Sen. Menendez supports Gavi's life-saving mission, Phyllis AlRoy, Times of Trenton, Trenton, NJ, January 13, 2015

• Support vaccinating children, Meredith Muller, Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, KS, January 12, 2015 

• U.S. should commit $1 billion for global childhood vaccinations, David Burns, Express-Times, Lehigh Valley, PA, January 9, 2015

• Vaccine funding would save millions of lives, David Gruol, Daily Record,  Parsippany, NJ, January 8, 2015
• A safer world, Mark Coates, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, TX, January 7, 2015
• Commit to continue the Ebola fight, Mary White, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, January 6, 2015
• Where you live shouldn’t determine if you live, Joel Ogonowski, Asbury Park Press, Neptune, NJ, January 6, 2015
• Fighting disease, Eloise Sutherland, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, TX, January 1, 2015
• Ensure Vaccine Alliance properly funded, Frances Moore, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE, December 30, 2014
• Contribute to the health of world’s children, Helen Henry, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, December 27, 2015
• Save Five Million Lives, Willie Dickerson, The Longview Daily News, Longview, WA, December 26, 2014
• A worthy pledge, Linda Schatz, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, December 24, 2014
• Preventable illness, Vern Schulz, Banning Record Gazette, Banning, CA, December 18, 2015
• Vaccination for all kids, Margaret Smith, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, December 13, 2014
• Vaccines save young lives, Ruth Mihm Pankau, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Daytona Beach, FL, December 12, 2014
• Lions Club, Congress both support vaccination programs, Pat Behenna, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, December 11, 2014
• Torture: use Gavi to fight terrorism, Andrew J. Clarke, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, December 10, 2014
• Vaccinations a great start, Gene Pizzo, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, December 10, 2014

• Thank you, Tim Malevich, Willie, Dickerson, Costco Connection, December 9, 2014

• Senators should support global vaccine alliance, Cynthia Changyit Levin, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, December 8, 2014
• Vaccine effort needs support, Willie Dickerson, Daily Herald, Everett, WA, December 7, 2014
• A worthy effort, David Schubert, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, December 4, 2014 

• Dear Editor, Willie Dickerson, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, December 3, 2014

• Speak up to make a difference, Willie Dickerson, Snohomish Tribune, Snohomish, WA, December 3, 2014
• A salute for vaccine alliance, Roxanne Allen, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM, December 2, 2014
• Gavi alliance effective in saving lives, Beth Wilson, Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA, December 1, 2014
• Targeting Ebola, Willie Dickerson, University of Washington Alumni Magazine, Seattle, WA, December 2014
• Vaccines can save lives of millions, Gene Pizzo, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, November 27, 2014

• Finding Belonging and Significance with RESULTS, Willie Dickerson, Monroe Monitor, Monroe, WA, November 25, 2014

• The vaccine alliance, Shirley Jane Hobbs, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, November 25, 2014

• Immunize all children around the world, Tanya Oemig, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, November 23, 2014

• Be sure your children are vaccinated, Willie Dickerson, Mill Creek Beacon, Mukilteo, WA, November 22, 2014
• In response to the November 8 WIRE article, when smallpox was the killer, Elke-Esmeralda Dikoume, Main Street Wire, New York, NY, November 22, 2014
• Alliance helps fight disease, provide vaccinations for children, Paula Kiger, Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL, November 21, 2014
• Turn Ebola publicity into vaccines for kids, Donna Schindler Munro, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE, November 20, 2014
• Vaccines: Fund GAVI to stop needless deaths, Judy Zizzo, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, November 19, 2014

• Lives are saved with needed vaccinations, Bill Nicholson, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, November 18, 2014

• Vaccines save lives and money, Dave Billings Standard Examiner, Ogden, UT, November 17, 2014
• Support vaccinations, Andrea Riley, Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, NE, November 14, 2014
• US must pledge to support global vaccine alliance, Willie Dickerson, Missoulian, Missoula, MT, November 14, 2014
• 79 cents, William Cosgrove, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, November 14, 2014
• U.S. can help lifesaving vaccination efforts, Grace West, Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA,  November 13, 2014
• American support of international vaccine alliance can save millions of lives, Willie Dickerson, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, November 11, 2014
• Preventing the ‘next ebola’, Julia Ryan, November 11, 2014, Wednesday Journal, Oak Park, IL, November 11, 2015

• See global approach to fighting disease, Willie Dickerson, Bellingham Herald, November 10, 2014

• Support funding of vaccines for children in poor countries, Debbie Cole, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, November 10, 2014
• Support campaign to help save lives, Willie Dickerson, The Daily Herald, Everett, WA, November 9, 2014
• Support Gavi, Herald Times, Bloomington, IN, November 9, 2014
• Vaccines’ crucial work, Willie Dickerson, Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, VA, November 9, 2014
• Urge Congress to back vaccine alliance, Veronica McDuffee, Idaho Press-Tribune, Nampa, ID, November 7, 2014
• Life-saving vaccines should have bipartisan support, Victoria McMullen, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, November 6, 2014
• Seeking Ebola vaccine is important, but don't forget about using vaccines for traditional diseases, John Hosek, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, November 5, 2014
• U.S. should continue its commitment to global immunizations, Greg Campbell, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, November 5, 2014
• Epidemic control starts with strong health care systems, Willie Dickerson, Monroe Monitor/Valley News, Monroe, WA, November 4, 2014
• Funding vaccines, Kris Zyp, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, November 3, 2014
• Support vaccinations and save kids’ lives, Heidi Topp Brooks, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM, October 28, 2014
• Foresight calls for funding vaccines, Mary Martin, Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage, AK, October 25, 2014

• Rick Larsen Should Be Re-Elected, Willie Dickerson, The South Whidbey Record, Snohomish, WA, October 25, 2014

• US must help prevent epidemics, Dori Nielson, The Missoulian, Missoula, MT, October, 24, 2014
• U.S. should show life-saving leadership in tackling Ebola outbreak, Donna Galetovich, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, October 21, 2014

• Vaccines: U.S. must do its fair share to save children, Eric W. Luria,  Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, October 21, 2014

• Owens made right call on resolution, Sue Oehser, Glens Falls Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY, October 17, 2014

• Stopping disease starts at local level, Teresa Rugg, Everett Herald, Everett, WA, October 15, 2014

• Supporting Gavi, Willie Dickerson, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, October 15, 2014

• Immunization works; it must be expanded, Sue Oehser, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, October 14, 2014
• Harness fear to promote health, Ken Schatz, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, October 8, 2014
• Kudos on ebola piece, Willie Dickerson,  Snohomish Tribune, Snohomish, WA, October 8, 2014
• Encouraged by rare bipartisan support, Jim Driggers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, October 6, 2014
• Why countries need vaccines, Willie Dickerson, Everett Herald, Everett, WA, October 6, 2014
• Kudos to Young, Gene Arnholt, Bloomington Herald-Times, Bloomington, IN, October 5, 2014
• Kudos to Young, Gene Arnholt, Times-Mail, Bedford, IN, October 5, 2014

• Vaccines: money well spent, Barbara Drake, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa, FL, October 5, 2014

• Worldwide vaccines, Debbie Baskin, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, October 5, 2014

• Support for vaccines saves lives, Debbie Baskin, Park Record, Park City, UT, October 4, 2014

• Support for vaccines saves lives, Debbie Baskin, Daily Herald, Provo, UT, September 30, 2014
• Seeking results, Willie Dickerson, The Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR, September 25, 2014
• LIfesaving Immunizations, Linda Schatz, The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida, September 23, 2014
• Speaking up to fight Ebola, Willie Dickerson, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, September 23, 2014

• Vaccines: GAVI is Saving Children’s Lives, Andrew Clarke, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, September 22, 2014

• Make vaccinations mandatory for kids, Charles Wallace,  Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX, September 22, 2014

• Support the GAVI against diseases, Tari Nicholson, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, September 22, 2014
• Fight Ebola by backing plans such as Gavi, Bruce Preville, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, CA, September 19, 2014
• Poor need vaccines to stop outbreaks, Dr. Marium Husain, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH, September 19, 2014
• Worldwide vaccination will save millions of children from dying, Jill Stone, Times of Trenton, Trenton, NJ, September 19, 2014
• Ensure children are vaccinated here, abroad, Matthew Pope, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, September 18, 2014
• U.S. can lead in protecting kids worldwide, Beth Wilson, Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA, September 17, 2014
• Fighting disease, Susan Ansley, Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, TX, September 16, 2014
• Respond to Ebola, Willie Dickerson, Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM, September 16, 2014
• Support vaccinations, Amy Robinson, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, September 12, 2014
• Global immunization push saving children's lives, Diane Lindley, Daily Journal, Franklin, IN, September 11, 2014
• It's wise to invest in disease prevention, Anne Child, Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX, September 11, 2014
• Simple ways U.S. can prevent child mortality, Jerline Carey, Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA, September 11, 2014
• Vaccinations, Minh Nguyen, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, September 11, 2014
• Vaccines – GAVI is Saving Children’s Lives, Andrew J Clarke, Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, September 10, 2014
• When students stay healthy, they have better attendance and do better in school, Willie Dickerson, Lake Stevens Journal, Lake Stevens, WA, September 10, 2014
• Thune’s admirable interest in global health, Shirley Jane Hobbs, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, SD, September 4, 2014
• Use your voice to make a difference, Willie Dickerson, Everett Herald, Everett, WA, September 3, 2014
• UW research, gamers could help with fighting Ebola, Willie Dickerson, Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, September 1, 2014
• Vaccines are the best buy in America’s public health, Nancy Curtiss, The Olympian, Olympia, WA, September 1, 2014
• U.S. should continue its commitment to global immunizations, Cindy Levin, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, August 30, 2014
• Poverty forum: make a difference, Willie Dickerson, Snohomish Tribune, Snohomish, WA, August 27, 2014

• During this Ebola epidemic, heroes like Josephine Finda Sellu emerge, Willie Dickerson, New York Times, New York, NY, August 25, 2014

• Fear and confusion are multiplying the dangers of the current Ebola outbreak, Willie Dickerson, USA Today, New York, NY, August 24, 2014
• Editorial Thought Provoking, Sue Oehser, North Creek News Enterprise, NY, August 14, 2014
• Back McCaul push for immunizations, Eloise Sutherland, Statesman, Austin, TX, August 12, 2014
• Immunizations are vital, Laurie Suarez, Miami Herald, Miami, FL, August 10, 2014
• Thousands die daily despite existing vaccines, Greg Campbell, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, August 8, 2014
• What's your view: Pharmaceutical research, Mark Coats, Statesman, Austin, TX, August 7, 2014
• Once again voting time is upon us, Willie Dickerson, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, July 29, 2014