by RESULTS Australia | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog, Immunisation, Immunisation, News & Stories, Our Campaigns
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...
by RESULTS Australia | Aug 8, 2019 | News & Stories
(Image: From left to right – Doctor Mike Freelander MP, Sharon Claydon, Federal Member for Newcastle, Warren Entsch, Federal Member for Leichardt, Dr Andrew Leigh MP) Good news! A revitalisation of the Australian TB Caucus is currently under way! In case...
by RESULTS Australia | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog, News & Stories
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...
by RESULTS Australia | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog
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....
by RESULTS Australia | Jul 3, 2019 | Letters to the Editor, News & Stories, Our Actions
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...
by RESULTS Australia | Jun 24, 2019 | Media Releases, News & Stories
Media Release – Monday June 24, 2019 Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt called for the eradication of tuberculosis (TB) in the Asia Pacific region within 10 years at the recent Global Health Security Conference in Sydney. As he said in his opening remarks at the...
