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RESULTS in the News: Covid could derail efforts to eradicate malaria in Pacific, health experts warn
The Guardian - Ben Doherty Region faces thousands of deaths if intervention measures disrupted as Australia urged to makes coronavirus vaccines available to neighbours. The global Covid-19 pandemic could derail efforts to control and eradicate malaria across the...
World AIDS Day by Grassroots Advocate, Markos Hasiotis
The first of December 2020 marks the 32nd annual World AIDS Day. An important day dedicated to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS and remembering those who are living with HIV and those that have died from AIDS-related illnesses. The current HIV situation According...
What can we learn from COVID-19 in addressing infectious diseases like TB?
We often hear how COVID-19 has changed the way we do things, from managing our lives to talking about how the pandemic could have been addressed. As a global health advocate I see an opportunity to press the reset button. So what would that look like in terms of...
RESULTS Leadership Awards 2020 – Media Release
Media Release - 5 November 2020 RESULTS International (Australia) announced the winners of its annual Leadership Awards at a ceremony tonight in Sydney. The Awards acknowledge the hard work and commitment of RESULTS’ advocates and key partners in parliament, the...
30 Years after the World Summit for Children – great progress now under threat
Then Prime Minister, The Hon. Bob Hawke MP, at the Sydney Candlelight Vigil, September 1990. (RESULTS Educational Fund.) The end of September saw the 30th anniversary of the World Summit for Children - a landmark event for action on improving the lives of the...
Global crisis drives a rethink on international development spending in 2020-21
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rethink of the Australian overseas aid program, according to global poverty advocacy group, RESULTS International Australia.
The Race for A Vaccine: A Conversation with Dr Nikita Kherodiya
Dr Nikita Kherodiya (MBBS, MPH) is a RESULTS volunteer in Sydney. She works for an Australian-based clinical research company where part of her role involves running vaccine trials for vaccines against COVID, different treatment modalities for eczema and...
Out of Africa: the African continent is now free of wild polio virus
In 2020, we have had little positive news in global health. But the continent of Africa has just been certified free of wild polio which is a big step towards the goal of eradicating polio globally! Africa has not seen any cases of wild polio virus for four years,...
Reflecting on Solidarity at a Social Distance by Grassroots Advocate Brittany Ciupka
COVID-19 changed the way in which we do many things. Whether it is the way in which we celebrate birthdays or the day-to-day operations of any organisation, the pandemic has required everyone to be creative, innovative, flexible, and patient. This is particularly...
Letter to the Editor – Pandemic fight must go beyond our own shores
Big congratulations to Mark Rice for his letter to the editor published in the Australian Financial Review this week! In response to the recent Gordon Cairns article about how looking beyond our shores in attempting to #EndCOVIDForAll both supports our regions...
Letter to the Editor – Foreign aid must remain a priority
Congratulations to Maree Nutt for getting published in the Australian Financial Review! Have a read below, or view the online article here.
COVID-19 & Tuberculosis (TB) Webinar
Australian parliamentarians, their staff and RESULTS Australia members learned more about the way in which COVID-19 is setting back action to reduce the toll of TB, and what action we can take in response, at a webinar the Australian TB Caucus in partnership with...