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26/04/2013
Imagine a world without AIDS, TB and malaria. It seems impossible, given that these are the world’s top three infectious disease killers. Yet right now we have a historic opportunity to eliminate these diseases as public health threats.
Defeating these diseases has been at the forefront of global health efforts since the new century began, backed with the political will of Millennium Development...
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24/04/2013
In this guest blog post, Laura Kerr, leader of the Glasgow RESULTS group, reflects on her weekend at the RESULTS National Conference 2013.
I wrote this blog post as I made the 5 and a half hour journey back to Glasgow after the Results National Conference 2013; and I’m very happy to say that no matter how many hours I would have to spend on a train to get to the conference I would.
I heard from...
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23/04/2013
RESULTS is pleased to share its latest publication, “Improving Child Nutrition: An Investment in the Future“, which makes the case for an increase in nutrition financing.
Nutrition interventions address more than just the sensations of hunger (weakness & discomfort) that results from a lack of food. They combat the serious manifestations and consequences of prolonged...
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19/04/2013
This week in parliament, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis (TB) launched a major new report that calls on the UK Government to take a two-fold approach to tackling the increasing public health threat of TB in the UK and worldwide.
‘Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Old Disease, New Threat’ identifies the main challenges facing the UK and the world and outlines a series of recommendations...
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19/04/2013
Image courtesy of GCE UK / Martin Godwin
This week, an unprecedented gathering of world leaders in Washington DC is seeking to urgently accelerate progress on achieving education for all. 61 million children of primary school age are still out of school around the world, and with less than 1,000 days remaining to the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), urgent action is needed...
