(Photo courtesy of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative 2019) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is seeking to eradicate polio globally. To achieve its goal, it is seeking a total of $US 4.2 billion over five years to prevent new cases of polio arising in countries where the disease still exists and...
(Image – left to right – Mark Rice, Policy & Advocacy Manager at RESULTS Australia, Amelia Christie, CEO of RESULTS Australia, Gerry Antioch, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank and far right, Shiva Shrestha, Global Health Campaign Manager at RESULTS Australia) Last month, RESULTS Australia staff members Amelia Christie, Mark Rice...
(Image courtesy of The Global Fund – treatment for Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis) Media Release – Wednesday August 7, 2019 $13 MILLION TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION Senator Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Greg Hunt, Federal Minister for Health have announced a $13 million commitment to help...
More than 1 million children under five years of age in Papua New Guinea were immunised in June this year in a nationwide free vaccination campaign against three highly infectious diseases: measles, rubella and polio. Why? In 2018, Papua New Guinea saw its first polio cases in 18 years. The measles-rubella and polio...
Congratulations to Maree Nutt, Former CEO of RESULTS Australia for her letter published in ‘The Australian Financial Review’ on Tuesday July 2, 2019 about the need for the Australian federal government to “deliver an increased and fair-shared pledge” to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Maree Nutt...
We were inspired, motivated and encouraged at our National Conference last weekend to use our voices to inform Australian and international political decisions, so together we can bring an end to poverty. It’s all about you… Volunteers from far and wide – from Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and from across NSW and...
Media Release Wednesday April 17, 2019 Did you know? There are nearly 20 million un-vaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world today. The ongoing measles notifications in NSW alone have reached 36 since last Christmas, according to the NSW Department of Health, and the number of cases in Australia since the beginning of 2019 has reached 93 (similar to...
Readers of ‘The Mercury’ in Hobart discovered on Thursday March 21, that “TB continues to be the top infectious killer, claiming more than 4300 lives every day,” as written by Micheal Picone, Volunteer with RESULTS Australia, in a letter to the Editor. Read on to discover more of what he had...
November Digital Town Hall At the November Digital Town Hall, we reflected on the highlights from 2018, shared the key campaign moments for 2019 – World TB Day, the Federal Election, RESULTS National Conference, and how you can take part in our campaigns! Watch the recording here: Digital Town Hall...
