Advocacy on global development at the World Bank
Volunteer campaigners Ellie Wason and Hannah Lathan have just attended the RESULTS International Conference (22-25 July) in Washington DC, as part of which they took part in an advocacy meeting at the World Bank.
At the grassroots advocacy level, lobbying our local MPs in the UK, it is...
August conference call now available
The August grassroots conference call is now available . After a round-up of your actions around the UK, we heard from Oxfam’s Gideon Rabinowitz, aid policy expert, explaining why it’s important that our politicians support the achievements of the UK’s...
September conference call recording now available
A recording of the September grassroots conference call is now available to download here .
Poor nutrition leads to millions of child deaths and wasted human potential, but is entirely preventable. The UK has played a big role in the global...
A Balancing Act: What happens when polio funding ends?
This blog is co-authored by RESULTS UK’s Laura Kerr (Child Health Policy Officer) and RESULTS Australia’s Leila Stennett (Campaigns Director).
Today, RESULTS UK and RESULTS Australia launch ‘...
Education that leaves no one behind
Chris Woodgates, member of our Brighton RESULTS group, discusses the Global Partnership for Education and the importance of educating children with disabilities. Chris is based in Brighton and is currently studying for a BA in Anthropology at the University of Sussex. This blog was first posted...
Invest now, change the world later: why funding HIV and TB vaccines research is worth the money
This week is World Immunisation Week, giving us a chance to celebrate the tremendous impact of vaccines on the world.
Vaccinations are widely recognised as one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions around. Because they take effect before someone falls ill, they...
Power, People, Presidents, Paper and Pledges
This year, the UN is hosting the first High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. This is a remarkable opportunity for some of the world’s most powerful people to end the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
For all of you keen politicos and...
World Polio Day 2018: We’ve not achieved eradication yet, but we know how to get there
Today is World Polio Day – a day to celebrate the successes of polio eradication efforts and recognise the great achievements of all those involved in eliminating cases of this deadly disease. Since 1988, thanks to the efforts of the Global Polio...
Vans vs HIV
“I’ve known him for years. He watched his father beat his mother to death at 9. After that, he searched the bins for food while his father got drunk. He started injecting drugs at 12. He felt that streets were kinder to him than his family, so that’s where he’s lived ever since.”
This...
January monthly conference call
A recording of the January grassroots conference call is now online. To kick off 2019, we were joined by Paul Abernethy, who leads the political advocacy of Bond and works with...
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