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[RushPRnews - Newswire & Press Release Distribution in US & Canada] But then Pampers and UNICEF came calling with their One Pack=One Vaccine campaign, in which buying one specially marked package of diapers or wipes directly pays for one neonatal tetanus vaccine for a woman or child in a developing country. (To join Hayek and help her wipe out tetanus worldwide, visit UNICEF.)

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[WebMD Health Channel - Pregnancy] Salma Hayek Helps Save Kids' Lives: In the mid-1980s, close to 800,000 newborns died from tetanus every year.Today, according to the World Health Organization, the disease kills fewer than128,000 children annually -- a testament to the power of the neonatal tetanusvaccine. "We have made dramatic progress," says François Gasse, MD, asenior project officer at UNICEF, "but it remains an unacceptable cause ofdeath as it is the easiest to prevent and affects the poorest populations ofthe least developed countries."

[Hoyden About Town] Salma Hayek cross-nurses needy baby in Africa ”” Hoyden About Town: Hayek is then shown on screen breastfeeding a sick little boy who is the same age as shares a birthday with her daughter. Hayek also recounts a story important to her and told to her by her grandmother, of when her great-grandmother cross-nursed a village child whose mother was lacking milk.

[Javno - Hrvatska (Hrvatski)] Salma Hayek In Campaign To Wipe Out Tetanus - Celebrities - Javno: Salma Hayek In Campaign To Wipe Out Tetanus `I had no idea how much it was going to really personally move me .to actually see it in Sierra Leone,` Hayek told a news conference.

[UNICEF USA News] Pampers® together with actress Salma Hayek helps UNICEF move ...: international spokesperson, Salma Hayek, to announce the continued success of the North American campaign, which provided funding for more than 45 million tetanus vaccines in 2008, and aims to raise funds for an additional 30 million tetanus vaccines this year. According to UNICEF estimates, 386 million vaccines are needed to wipe out tetanus in the 46 countries that have yet to eliminate the disease, and Pampers’

[Socialite Life] Salma Hayek, Pampers & UNICEF Continue Fighting Tetanus ...: Continuing her ongoing collaboration with UNICEF and Pampers, Salma Hayek helped the organization launch their second year of “One Pack = One Vaccine” to raise funds for providing children with tetanus shots around the world.

[lilsugar] Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Sick Baby on UNICEF Trip | Salma Hayek ...: So unless Salma happened to be carting around a can of the exact right type of formula suited for that particular baby's needs and digestive system AND had some clean fresh water to mix it with AND had a clean sterile bottle in which to feed it...or she could have offered the sick, starving baby her breast milk--which is automatically all of those things.

[Encantadora] Sierra Leone Trip For The Second Year Of The One Pack: international spokesperson, Salma Hayek, to announce the continued success of the North American campaign, which provided funding for more than 45 million tetanus vaccines in 2008, and aims to raise funds for an additional 30 million tetanus vaccines this year. According to UNICEF estimates, 386 million vaccines are needed to wipe out tetanus in the 46 countries that have yet to eliminate the disease, and Pampers’

[Mama Knows Breast] Mama Knows Breast: Salma Hayek Travels to Sierra Leone: Talks ...: In 2008, Hayek became a spokeswoman for the Pampers "One Pack = One Vaccine" campaign to support UNICEF's efforts to eliminate tetanus. For each pack of specially marked Pampers diapers sold, parent company Proctor and Gamble donates the cost of one tetanus vaccine to UNICEF.

[WebMD Health Channel - Pregnancy] Salma Hayek: Mother, actress, activist: Salma Hayek’s plane landed in Sierra Leone last fall, after some 20 hours inthe air. She was part of a global health care initiative sponsored by UNICEF tovaccinate children against tetanus, and she had barely been on the ground anhour before she saw firsthand just what the disease can do.

[The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog] The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog: On Nightline, Salma Hayek cross ...: Salma Hayek, UNICEF spokesperson, was in Sierra Leone to promote a tetanus vaccine program in a country where one in five children die before the age of five.  21% of those deaths are due to tetanus. 

[StyleList Fashion Blog] Salma Hayek Talks to StyleList About Her Work in Africa ...: Hayek's work with UNICEF is being supported by Pampers, who will donate seven cents (the cost of an individual tetanus vaccine) for each specially-marked pack of diapers or wipes sold until May 1. The actress explains that it takes three vaccinations, plus the expense of transporting the medicine, to make a woman immune for life--hence the $1.80 total cost.

[Celebrity Baby Blog - People.com] Salma Hayek Opens Up About Weaning Valentina: As Salma conducted the interview from a New York City hotel room Valentina was off playing in Central Park, and their goodbye led to “a lot of crying on both sides.” Admitting that she is “not used to separating” from her daughter, it’s something Salma recognizes she needs to work on.

[Proper Talks] Proper Talks » Blog Archive » Salma Hayek, Breastfeeding and ...: What also sucks is that Hayek may have really wanted to raise awareness about the tragedy of a lack of resources, but instead her breasts stole the show.

[Dr. Robyn Silverman's Blog] Salma Hayek Breastfeeds Dying Infant: Your Take?: In partnership with Pampers, actress and humanitarian Salma Hayek has been spending time in Africa on a UNICEF mission to raise awareness for tenanus. One child dies every three minutes from Tetanus, a preventable .

[Nursing Your Kids] Nursing Your Kids » Blog Archive » Salma Hayek, breastfeeding advocate: Hayek is currently working with Pampers and UNICEF to eliminate tetanus and was featured on an episode of Nightline. As a spokesman for the campaign she traveled to Sierra Leone to help educate people about the importance of vaccines.

[ShoppingBlog.com] Salma Hayek Launches Second Annual Pampers/UNICEF Program: Salma Hayek Launches Second Annual Pampers/UNICEF Program Salma Hayek talked about her trip to Africa and how disturbing it was to see the mothers and infants who are so malnourished. Last fall, Hayek traveled to the African country .

[Gaiam Blog] Salma Hayek Breast-Feeds Another Woman’s Child for Greater Good ...: Salma Hayek has long used her celebrity to shine a spotlight on her environmental causes (Earth Day, Greenpeace, and the impact of global warming), but it’s her work with UNICEF to raise awareness about maternal neonatal tetanus that’s generating big attention.

[Internationaltheory's Blog] Salma Hayek Breastfeeding An African Baby Boy: The actress and UNICEF spokesperson visited the West African country in September as part of her involvement in the fight against tetanus, one of the reasons Sierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world.

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