Vaccinating the World

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In this special episode, as we approach the end of World Immunisation Week, we take a special look at how the world is performing in terms of vaccinating its people. This month also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), which was created by the World Health Assembly with the aim of vaccinating all children against diphtheria, measles, pertussis, polio, tetanus, tuberculosis, and smallpox, the only human disease ever eradicated. There’s much to celebrate, although warnings and challenges too that need our prayers and focus for sending intention.

Suggested intention

While there has been significant progress in the 50 years since the UN’s drive toward immunizing all against preventable diseases, with the continued need for all countries of the world to co-operate in funding and supporting vaccination rollout, we suggest holding as our focused intention this week:

We will that all governments will be moved to recognise the priority for enabling and promoting vaccination against preventable diseases for all people who are governed by them.

Please join us in holding this.

Episode Chapter Markers:

00:11 Introduction

08:11 Global impact of vaccination

09:42 Covid-19 vaccination

10:45 Challenges for global vaccination

15:39 World Immunisation Week

Sources referenced for this episode:

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week/2024 World Immunization Week website

https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/programs/global-development/immunization

https://www.gavi.org/investing-gavi/funding/donor-profiles/bill-melinda-gates-foundation

https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/09/gates-foundation-pledges-40-million-to-help-develop-covid-vaccines-in-africa/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01301-0

https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/13/we-have-enough-covid-vaccines-for-most-of-world-but-rich-countries-stockpiling-more-than-they-need/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712379/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8677503/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html

https://www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/news/world-immunisation-week-lets-get-talking-about-vaccines.html

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/immunization/world-immunization-week/index.html

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-immunization-week

https://immunizationdata.who.int/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8482029/

https://www.who.int/news/item/24-04-2024-global-immunization-efforts-have-saved-at-least-154-million-lives-over-the-past-50-years

https://scorecard.immunizationagenda2030.org/

Join us in person for intention holding:

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 ~ Labyrinth Activist Network Zoom calls

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding with Clive on Insight Timer.

Our websites:

www.heartfulimpact.com/ Our show website.

https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response. Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events.

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project

https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism.

https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry. Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group.

https://insighttimer.com/cliverj Daily intention holding and lovingkindness meditations.

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