Last week, RESULTS were joined by Rutharo Madzima, the former head of Nutrition at the Ministry of Heath in Zimabawe, for an advocacy tour on nutrition. Have a read of this guest blog from Rutharo and learn more about what she got up to and what she will take back to Zimbabwe from her meetings with UK parliamentaians.
A week ago, I took part in a most memorable advocacy tour with...
Today's blog post comes from Charlotte Robey who has been involved with RESULTS in Leicester for some time. Here she reports on the art exhibition she organised, inspired by the film They Go To Die.
For the last week in October myself and two of my good friends spent three hours a day sitting in a cold converted factory tucked away in the corner of Leicester city centre. No, we weren't undertaking some kind...
As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Board holds its 30th Board Meeting in Geneva, health experts warn that projected reductions in funding for TB and HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia look set to leave the region with rising rates of HIV and drug-resistant TB. A report...
We are pleased to announced that a recording of our November conference call is now available for download. November conference call
Our guest speaker on the call was Saul Geurrero, Head of Technical Development at Action Against Hunger UK . Saul spoke about the need to develop strong accountability mechanisms for ensuring that governmental...
Last week at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease civil society made their voices heard loud and clearly when they stormed the stage to demand faster progress towards eliminating TB. The group of advocates, who declared a need for a target of zero TB deaths, brought some much needed urgency to the room as they called for greater ambition in attempts to eliminate TB.
Megan Wilson-Jones, Health Advocacy Officer at RESULTS UK talks about the GAVI Midterm Review this week.
Here in the UK we very rarely think about vaccines other than when we are lucky enough to be traveling to an exotic location for a holiday or even work. It is only at this point we feel a sudden need to ensure we are up-to-date with vaccines against the weird, unpronounceable and somewhat terrifying diseases that lurk in these locations. This view of vaccines stems from...
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On June 8th 2013, RESULTS was celebrating the success of the ‘Nutrition for Growth’ event; world leaders had come together in London and pledged $4.1 billion for tackling the global scourge of undernutrition, with the UK alone promising £655 million in new money.
A new report launched today titled “ UK TB Voices: The Story Behind the Statistics ” depicting the personal stories of individuals affected by TB in the UK, calls on the UK Government to form a national strategy for TB and highlights the need for a coordinated international response to the disease.
Megan Wilson-Jones, Health Advocacy Officer at RESULTS UK comments on the UK’s commitment to GAVI
Today, the ACTION global health advocacy partnership released a ‘Donor Immunization Record’ to track whether donors are delivering on their commitments to the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership working to increase...
This week RESULTS UK and 47 other Civil Society Organisations endorsed an EU Manifesto on Global Health. Today we share our colleague's, Fanny Voitzwinkler from Global Health Advocates , blog on the manifesto and what it all means in the run-up to the 2014 European Parliamentary elections:
“Achieving the highest attainable standard of health for all is an integral part of thriving societies, a cornerstone of well...
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