(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...
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...
Over the last week, several media articles have noted that Australia’s annual influenza season “started unusually early” and that “there are more than 144,000 confirmed cases,“ showing the severity of the virus this year. According to ‘Voice of America‘, “this year is likely to be one of Australia’s most severe for influenza, and the government, worried...
Did you know that 20 million children worldwide – that’s more than one in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines, such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018? That’s according to new data out from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Globally, since 2010, vaccination coverage with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and...
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...
The RESULTS Australia’s National Conference was held at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, Sydney over the weekend of 15-16 June. When: Starting 11am Saturday 15 June and finishing 5pm Sunday 16 June. Where: National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, 166 – 180 George Street, Redfern, Sydney Register: here Speakers Rev. Tim Costello, Executive Director of Micah...
By Mark Rice, RESULTS Australia’s Policy and Advocacy Manager The annual Federal Budget is always an important time for RESULTS Australia, as the contents of the Budget is a measure of how much influence our advocacy has on Government spending priorities and how much the Government’s objectives for the Australian aid...
Tuberculosis—a preventable and curable disease— has the infamous title of being the leading infectious disease killer in the world. It now kills more people than HIV & AIDS. In 2017, 10 million fell ill with TB and needed treatment, including one million children, 3.2 million women and 5.8 million men (according...
