Blog post by Mark Rice, Policy and Advocacy Manager at RESULTS. Originally published on DevPolicyBlog. As Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea (PNG), hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders, it is timely to examine action on a key cause and outcome of poverty in PNG and other APEC countries...
Next week when I step aside as CEO, it will be almost 30 years since I wrote my very first letter to my federal MP – a garbled stream of consciousness fuelled by the fact that at that time, 40,000 children around the world were dying every single day from...
Did you miss the Digital Town Hall on the UN HLM onTB last night? We had our new Communications intern Pascale Hunt sit down with Shiva Shestra, our Global Health Campaign Manager to discuss why TB and the TB UN-HLM are so important. Pascale: Can you talk a little...
RESULTS Australia is proud to have contributed to the agendas for this year’s International Conference and ACTION Partners Meeting. This year’s RESULTS International Conference, held in Washington, DC from July 14-17 brought together RESULTS team members and volunteers, members of the ACTION Partnership, and acclaimed speakers from 25 countries and all 50...
In the leafy coastal suburb of Elanora, we spent our Friday immersed in education and cakes; we learnt where RESULTS started, how it’s structured, where it’s heading, and how we have the power to change the...
In the next few years, annual Australian contributions to the Global Fund, Gavi and the GPE will need to increase by a combined amount of more than $100 million, humanitarian assistance will increase by $90 million, the measures in the Indo-Pacific Health Security Initiative will build up, and aid to...
How immunisation is vital to win the war against disease Each year, the timing of World Immunisation Week coincides with ANZAC Day, when we acknowledge the achievements and sacrifices of our military personnel. In 2018, two 100th anniversaries remind us that infectious diseases have taken, and still take, a greater...
While the release date for the 2018-19 Federal Budget is Tuesday 8 May 2018, Ministers will be making decisions on measures to include in the Budget between now and late March, so now is the time to let the Government know what we are looking for in the Budget. We...
Since 2002 the General Partnership for Education (GPE) has been increasing the opportunities available to people living in impoverished countries, by improving and fortifying their education systems as part of a collaborative effort between national governments, international agencies, the private sector and civil society. Already a long-time supporter of the...
