On Tuesday, the Private Members Bill that is seeking to enshrine the UK's commitment to spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas aid in law passed the next stage of the legislative process.
You'll remember that RESULTS grassroots campaigners, and campaigners from across the international development sector teamed up to get the Bill through the 'Second Reading', as part of the 'Turn Up, Save Lives' campaign. on the day 166 MPs turned up to vote in support of the bill....
My name is Zolelwa Sifumba. I am 24 years of age and am from East London, South Africa. I am a medical student at the University of Cape Town and I am also a Multidrug resistant TB survivor. I contracted TB while doing clinical work for 4 th year in the wards of GF Jooste Hospital in Mannenburg, Cape Town.
Infection control at some of the hospitals we work in is not really strict, there are respirators that are to be worn to protect o
Nutrition Aid Architecture: How could improvements in financing mechanisms galvanise the global effort?
Today, we launch a new report looking at the complex web of financing for nutrition, the ‘nutrition aid architecture,’ in the world today. The report is being published in the build up to the International Conference on Nutrition in Rome, which will be attended by all the agencies and organisations that work on raising funds for nutrition programmes across the globe....
Today's guest blog comes from Jonathan Smith, a longtime ally of RESULTS, who first partnered with us on his brilliant, challenging film on TB in minerworkers, They Go to Die , last year.
[caption id="attachment_15240" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Mark Williams MP at a school in Tanzania as part of a delegation RESULTS organised in November 2013[/caption]
Last year, Mark and Ann -Marie from the Norwich group had the amazing opportunity to meet with Paralympic athletes Amy Conroy and Danny Nobbs to discuss the groups work on inclusive education. This guest blog post from the group discusses the athletes recent progress and successes.
Last year we were lucky enough to meet two Norfolk Paralympians, Amy Conroy and Danny Nobbs, who have both supported RESULTS UK to campaign on Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities by...
RESULTS UK is deeply concerned today at the release of the 2014 World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report that reports several hundred thousand more cases of TB and deaths than was previously thought to be the case. We encourage the UK Government to increase their political and financial commitment to fight this disease in Europe and worldwide.
Anushree Shiroor, from RESULTS nutrition team, assesses new figures released this week on the number of hungry people in the world. But hidden hunger is another issue that needs increased attention.
Working with UNICEF gave me the opportunity to visit several rural communities. I spent a lot of time interacting with women, children, and grass root health functionaries, to understand health and nutrition services offered and their uptake....
We are pleased to announce that a recording of our October conference call is now available for download. Click here to listen again.
We were joined on the call by Lorriann Robinson, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the ONE campaign. The call was the launch of our 'Vaccinate the World' campaign which is seeking to mobilise global support for Gavi, the vaccine alliance, as it looks to provide life...
In the fourth blog from his series focusing on the UN General Assembly in New York, Steve Lewis reports on progress on Women and Children’s health in the last year.
It was impressive to find a room-full of global health leaders at 8.30am on a Sunday morning, meeting to discuss progress on health indicators. The presence of a welcoming breakfast was a clever inducement to attend on time. The other attraction was a range of...
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