Information on Twitter flashes by in an instant making it inevitable that you'll miss important tweets and information from the most resourceful NGOs, foundations, and experts on Twitter. Here are ten tweets I think make for intelligent, bookmark-worthy reading to start your week.
1.
"By expanding coverage of vaccines & intro new ones, we believe we can save 4M children in 5yrs" @rajshah http://t.co/OhyIiruPW7...
— USAID Global Health (@USAIDGH) August 17, 2013
2.
Uganda motorbike deaths: concerns grow over silent killers http://t.co/xs8aY63HNr #roadsafety
— Global Development (@GdnDevelopment) August 17, 2013
3.
Best read of year to date: When Good is Not Good Enough by @DarellHammond and other visionaries http://t.co/tpMEVVOwQT via @SSIReview
— Ned Breslin (@NedBreslin) August 17, 2013
4.
#Mapping: how satellite images from @UNOSAT help respond to #humanitarian emergencies, incl recent floods in #Sudan http://t.co/37h3xtmIE3
— UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) August 17, 2013
5.
Security Council calls Mali’s presidential poll a major step towards restoration of democracy http://t.co/ZDJVKVlV5K
— United Nations (@UN) August 17, 2013
6.
In the market for a #toilet? Buying from @AMStandard can help improve #sanitation for the poor http://t.co/oePWib4Xz7 #FlushForGood
— BRAC (@BRACworld) August 17, 2013
7.
Did the Millennium Development Goals make things better? New research adds some questions. http://t.co/2PpYriRLyZ
— Tom Murphy (@viewfromthecave) August 17, 2013
8.
Is rice the new broccoli? http://t.co/vAaP49qT4l
— Goalkeepers (@gatesfoundation) August 16, 2013
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VIDEO: @USAID & @EasternCongo Initiative launch online database of Community-Based Orgs http://t.co/ZtPopnWSgj #DRC #Congo @BenAffleck
— Sandhya Rao (@sandhya_c_rao) August 16, 2013
10.
Stunting not only a matter of poor nutrition, but poor sanitation as well. My new http://t.co/zJcT0b9x8B post: http://t.co/vp0Xo1UNYD
— Roger Thurow (@RogerThurow) August 16, 2013
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