We are pleased to announce that a recording of our October conference call is now available for download. The call marks the launch of our October action on mobilising UK support for increasing global levels of trained health workers.
Today's blog comes from Mark and Ann Marie Pointer of our Norwich group
[caption id="attachment_13933" align="alignright" width="300"] Norwich group with Paralympian Amy Conroy[/caption]
Following our July Action, we had a great response from our GB Paralympians in Norfolk interested in becoming “Champions for Change” for children with disabilities. We recently had...
In the second post from New York, Steve Lewis reports on child health progress at the UN General Assembly.
Yesterday the UN General Assembly recommitted their efforts to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and began the formal process to decide the framework for the next 15 years. Some of the MDGs have been met, but the MDGs on Maternal Health and Child Health are among the most off-track. RESULTS has recently committed to increasing our advocacy on Child...
Steve Lewis, Health Advocacy Manager at RESULTS UK, reports from the UN High Level Meeting on Disability and Development at UNGA.
As I moved this morning from my hotel to the UN Plaza slightly late, I ran down some stairs in the hotel, more stairs into the subway, and pushed my way through the busy New York streets. Yet this is a first world city. How much greater are the barriers to participation in the towns and villages of the developing world. But New York is filled...
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...
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