RESULTS Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Amelia Christie who commenced on 26 September. Chair, Chris Franks, announced the appointment of Amelia Christie saying “After a comprehensive and extremely competitive recruitment process, the RESULTS Board is pleased to appoint Amelia to the role....
Foreign Minister Marise Payne delivering Australia’s statement in the first-ever United Nations High-Level meeting on Tuberculosis on 26 Sept in New York. RESULTS statement on UNHLM on TB Sydney, Australia (Sept. 28) – This week world leaders made history at the first-ever United Nations High-Level meeting on Tuberculosis on...
The political declaration approved by members of the United Nations at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Tuberculosis in New York overnight was a significant moment in the global fight against TB – the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The Hon Warren Entsch MP, Co-Chair of the Australian TB...
The WHO Global TB Report 2018 shows that TB remains the world’s top infectious killer and that 36 percent of people with TB are missed by health systems. Data from the report illustrates how global progress on TB remains stalled, highlighting the importance of raising TB as an important political...
“Our region carries 60% of the world’s TB burden. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have extremely high infection rates, however, Australia is certainly not immune. The reality is that roughly 1300 people in Australia fall ill due to TB every year. There are about 1 million Australians living with latent...
The Regional Malaria CSO platform was established in 2014 with the initiative of Louis Da Gama and Promboon Panitchpakdi, CSO representatives at the RAI RSC as a CSO constituency understanding the gap of coordination and communication at the national and regional level. It also aimed to address an issue of...
Polio vaccination rates are relatively low in Papua-New Guinea. In Morobe Province, where the child diagnosed with polio lives, the polio vaccination rate is 61%, the health system in Papua-New Guinea has a low level of resources and service quality is inconsistent across the...
The Australian TB Caucus, a multiparty group of 29 parliamentarians, met today to discuss the need for Australia to take a leadership role on the issue of TB in the lead up to the first ever UN High Level Meeting on TB, which will be held alongside the UN General...
“Given our OECD ranking dropped to 19 out of 29 countries in terms of aid giving this year, tonight’s Budget begs the question: how low we are prepared to sink?...
