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...
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...
Status of polio globally Wild poliovirus continued to circulate in Afghanistan last year, with 21 people recorded with polio, and 12 people in Pakistan. This is despite the fact that both countries undertook new vaccination campaigns through the National Emergency Action Plan, with a focus on closing any immunity gaps. ...
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...
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...
One Last Push to end polio, for good. Urge your MP to join the global effort for polio eradication by becoming a One Last Push champion on au.onelastpush.org today! The story so far In 2018, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative marks its 30-year anniversary. In the last 30 years, the...
In 2012, an estimated seven million children died before reaching their third birthday. Many of the biggest killers of children are vaccine preventable. RESULTS promotes action to reduce the toll from vaccine-preventable...
