23 SEPTEMBER 2013, LONDON : The new pledge announced today by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) of up to £1 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) is enthusiastically welcomed by activists who have been calling on the UK Government to increase its commitment.
“The UK Government deserves praise for choosing to prioritise such an important institution at a critical time,” said Aaron...
RESULTS Health Advocacy Officer, Megan Wilson-Jones reflects on the latest child survival figures.
Upon hearing the latest child mortality figures released by UNICEF last week, I was struck by two diverging reactions. My initial feelings were impressed and inspired by the substantial global effort involved in reducing child mortality around the world. Since 1990, the annual number of...
Steve Lewis, Global Health Advocacy Manager at RESULTS , looks forward to a crucial week of debates at the United Nations General Assembly.
From Monday, diplomats and delegations from around the world will arrive in New York for the 68 th General Assembly of the UN. As well as big political issues such as Syria there are important debates on development issues such as the current state of the Millenium Development Goals ( MDGs) and what will replace the goals when...
Bruce Warwick, Health Advocacy Assistant at RESULTS UK, takes a look at multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Russian Federation.
Tuberculosis (TB) and, in particular, multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB has long been a substantial burden in many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union many in these countries were left with uneven access to health care that allowed resistant strains of TB to flourish. As a result, the European Region...
With Australians heading to the polls this Saturday, Mark Rice, Health Policy Advocacy Manager from RESULTS Australia, discusses what the result will mean for goverment spending on international development.
Why Australia’s development policies matter
The people with an interest in the outcome of Australia’s Federal election held this Saturday 7 September are not just Australia’s 15 million voters, but also members of the international community and the more than...
Jess Kuehne, Health Advocacy Officer at RESULTS UK, reflects on her experience in Malawi and how UK aid is being put to use in one of the world’s poorest countries.
A few weeks ago RESULTS UK led a parliamentary delegation to Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. Its low rankings in terms of development indicators are particularly stark when you take into account that, unlike many of the other poorest countries on the continent, it has not been affected by conflict. In...
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland jointly announce $750m for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, with $375m unlocked from the USA. This is the next step in the defeat of the three diseases, and RESULTS thanks and congratulates these Nordic countries for their generous contribution.
This November, RESULTS will be providing 2 free days of enhanced practical advocacy and campagining training in Oxford and Newcastle. These trainings are free and available to all existing RESULTS volunteers.
We will be blending some very practical workshops (‘UK parliament 101’ ‘deliver a winning advocacy argument') with some more theoretical sessions, including ‘the structural drivers of global poverty’. By the end of the day you will have:
23 year old, Phumena Tisele, has swallowed over 20,000 pills to cure one of the most servere forms of tuberculosis (TB): extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). She is the first person in South Africa to be cured of this form of the disease.
Have a watch of this video from Medecins Sans Frontieres, and learn more about Phumenas incredible journey and her amazing recovery from one of the worlds most deadly diseases. Click here...
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