June Grassroots Conference Call: COVID-19 Vaccinations for All
On Tuesday 2 June, over 35 RESULTS UK grassroots advocates from all over the country (and internationaly!) joined our monthly conference call. It was the start of National Volunteers Week so we began the call with a big thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who give up their time to take...
“Callous and short-sighted.” What do the aid cuts mean for global health and education?
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab recently confirmed the Government’s plans to slash global health and education funding in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century.
In a...
January Grassroots Conference call 2020 - A year of action!
On Tuesday we kicked off 2021 with a network-wide call to plan the year ahead and discuss the key moments coming up for our campaigns.
We were joined by expert speakers from RESULTS UK: Kaleem Luthra, our Parliamentary Advocacy Coordinator, who among other things coordinates our work on...
In conversation with a polio vaccinator
To mark World Polio Day (24 November), Harry Rogers, RESULTS’ Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for Child Health, interviews Edmund Duodu, a community vaccinator in Ghana, to hear how his work is going.
When we think of health, the year 2020 will forever be dominated by...
Polio: A time for celebration or a time for concern?
As the world prepares to celebrate Africa’s certification as being free of wild polio , we must be mindful of the ongoing challenges we will face as we seek to achieve and sustain polio eradication, such as disruption to polio campaigns...
What about the fifth child?
This blog from ACTION Director Hannah Bowen is the first in our world immunisation week series on "closing the gap". Stay tuned for more posts from partners around the world throughout the week. This blog was originally posted on www.action.org . As a child,...
Committed to vaccines
This blog post by Jeremy Brennan, RESULTS Australia’s Global Health Campaign Manager, is the second in our World Immunisation Week series on “Closing the Gap on immunisations". In today’s Australia, government funded Medicare gives all Australians...
Measles: From Washington to Lagos via Berlin - no passport required
The third blog in our World Immunisation Week series comes from Vanessa Boas, European Advocacy Officer from Global Health Advocates. Measles moves fast. The highly contagious virus can strike anywhere at any time, be it in Nigerian refugee camps or California’s...
In the Fight Against the World’s Deadliest Diseases, It’s Time to Take the Next Step
This blog post from Taryn Russell, Campaigns Officer - Child Health and Vaccines at RESULTS Canada , is the fourth in our World Immunisation Week series on “Closing the Gap on...
Imagine a world without Polio
In the fifth and final blog from our World Immunisation Week series, Jim Calverley, Parliamentary Advocacy Officer (Child Health) at RESULTS UK discusses the prospects of eradicating Polio. Until a few short months ago, I was a solicitor, working in a busy London law firm. I knew very little...
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