Counting the cost of TB
This guest blog post is written by Matt Oliver, RESULTS UK alumni and Head of the Secretariat of the Global TB Caucus, the world’s largest independent parliamentary network.
Today, the Global TB Caucus launched a new report detailing the...
The Global Ministerial Conference: What is it and why is it important?
March conference call
A recording of the March grassroots conference call is now available. We were joined this month by Rosanna Flury, the Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at the Global TB Caucus Secretariat. Rosanna works with members...
World TB Day Podcast: From Practitioners to Policymakers
On 26 September, the first ever UN High-Level Meeting on TB will take place in New York. This is the first time in the centuries-old history of the disease that TB will be discussed, globally, at the Heads of State and Government level. As momentum builds for the meeting,...
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...
Joining the Dots Together
This guest blog post was written by London RESULTS Group member Stephen Richards. Stephen graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2012 with a B.A. in philosophy and has been volunteering with RESULTS UK since 2016. He enjoys advocacy mainly for the people and chance to make a...
July grassroots conference call
A recording of the July grassroots conference call is now online. This month, we were joined by Mandy Slutsker, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the ACTION Global Health Advoacacy Partnership...
Taking the TB message to Downing Street
Chris Woodgates, grassroots campaigner in the RESULTS Brighton group, writes about his recent visit to 10 Downing Street. Chris is based in Brighton and is currently studying for a BA in Anthropology at the University of Sussex.
Since joining RESULTS...
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...
Prevention is always better than cure: World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018
This blog post was co-written by Janika Hauser, Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Tuberculosis, and Yasmin Mahboubi, Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Child Health, to mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018.
Since their discovery in 1928 by biologist Sir Alexander Fleming,...
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