[caption id="attachment_15776" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Archbishop Desmond Tutu gets an HIV test[/caption] Developing an HIV vaccine is one of the greatest scientific challenges in history. Leading scientists have dedicated their careers to breaking this enigma -...
By Matt Oliver, Parliamentary Advocacy Officer for TB. Last Thursday evening saw one of the most remarkable elections the UK has ever had. As the nation went to the polls, few could have expected what was about to unfold. By 8am the following morning, 92 MPs had lost their seats, joining a further 90 who had previously indicated that they would be standing down. After many experts had heralded the end of ‘two party politics’, the Conservatives were returned to Westminster with a...
Our May conference call is now available for download! The call was joined by Amanda Segnini from the Brazilian youth-led campaigning group Engajamundo who spoke about the devastating impact of climate change in Brazil and the amazing campaigning that Engajamundo’s campaign groups are doing to ensure decisive action is taken at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 21) in Paris in December. Listen again here: [audio mp3="/sites/default/files/wp-...
With less than 6 weeks to go till the RESULTS UK National Conference , we want to whet your appetites with a teaser of the speakers we have lined up for the session on why the new Sustainable Development Goals, to be announced at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26th, should be disability-inclusive. Sharing their expertise:...
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 about Polio but I did know that I had been immunised against it as a child. That is apt because this highly infectious, viral disease mainly affects children under the age of 5. Whilst the...
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 Immunisations”. Stay tuned for more posts from our ACTION partners around the world! For 3,000 years smallpox was one of the world’s most feared diseases. The virus...
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 Disneyland. Measles does not distinguish between rich and poor; instead, it seeks out the vulnerable – like infants below the minimum vaccination age, or those who skipped routine vaccinations. The...
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 access to lifesaving vaccines that so many parents only a couple of generations ago wished they could have had for their children. Imagine what the parents of former Deputy Prime Minister Kim...
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, I learned pretty quickly that Bowen was a lucky last name to be born with. As I dutifully lined up in alphabetical order at school, I was always near the front – first to the playground for recess,...
Hi all, I am Lucy Drescher and I am the new Head of Parliamentary Advocacy at RESULTS UK. The parliamentary team is responsible for leading the RESULTS engagement with the UK parliament in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Members of the team are able to involve MPs and Peers in RESULTS events and campaigning work on TB, Child Health, Nutrition and Education. So, I am now in the process of finding out all about the work RESULTS does in...
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