Health Advocacy Officer, Matt Oliver, talks about a new report detailing the cost of TB to the EU.
On August 15 th the European Respiratory Society released a brief report calculating the cost of tuberculosis in the EU.
The headline figures are striking. TB costs the EU over €500million every year in direct and indirect costs, and an estimated €5.3bn a year in lost productivity.
The €500million described as direct and indirect costs include medication,...
Dan Jones, Campaigns Manager at RESULTS UK, discusses his first experience of the RESULTS International Conference , before sharing a recent blog by his American counterpart, Tony Baker.
It already feels like it was months ago, but in fact only a few short weeks ago I was in Washington DC for the RESULTS International Conference. It was my first time at the IC, and it was fantastic to be there with our UK grassroots volunteers, and to have time to meet face-to-face...
Mark Pointer, co-leader of the Norwich RESULTS group share his expereince of meeting Here I am Ambassador, Thokozile Phiri-Nkhomoa, at the RESULTS International Conference in Washington DC.
The International Conference was a fascinating learning experience for me in so many ways.
Volunteering was a good way to get involved in the Conference, especially meeting Staff and Grassroots members from other countries.
We are pleased to announce that a recording our August conference call is now available for download. Click here to download the call
In this month’s call we heard from Gavin Churchyard, Chief Executive Officer of the Aurum Institute for Health Research in South Africa on how we can get mining companies such as Anglo Gold Ashanti, to do more to combat the TB epidemic in the regions mining...
This July, six of our grassroots volunteers accompanied RESULTS staff to this years International Conference in Washington DC. This guest blog comes from one of the attendees -Ann Marie Pointer- who co-leads the Norwich group with her husband Mark.
What an adventure! Mark and I started off as Transatlantic virgins. The US was somewhere we might go eventually but as soon as word came out in the autumn about the IC I just knew I wanted to there and I’m so glad I made the...
RESULTS' Health Advocacy Assistant, Bruce Warwick, looks at the awful side effects that can come with anti-TB treatment and discusses the urgent need for funding into research and development for new medicines.
Demand Industry Action in the fight against TB in southern Africa’s gold mines
We have been campaigning on the issue of TB among Southern Africa's goldminers for the past 18 months, advocating for a strong regional response supported by international actors like the UK and the World Bank. In that time we have seen some amazing progress, with real political will being committed by the heads of the state in the region, the UK announcing new funding for a project to tackle the issue...
Demand Industry Action in the fight against TB in southern Africa’s gold mines
We have been campaigning on the issue of TB among Southern Africa's goldminers for the past 18 months, advocating for a strong regional response supported by international actors like the UK and the World Bank. In that time we have seen some amazing progress, with real political will being committed by the heads of the state in the region, the UK announcing new funding for a project to tackle the issue...
Dan Jones, Campaigns Manager at RESULTS and Co-ordinator of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education for All, discusses the groups recent event at Parliament.
On Tuesday 9th July, Mark Williams MP and the APPG on Global Education for All hosted an event to celebrate the Send My Friend to School campaign 2013 and this year's theme, "Every Child Needs a Teacher" ....
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