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Blog ArchiveGlobal Health Funding: Where Does All the Money Go?
Most Americans assume that the United States contribution to foreign aid is a large percentage of the total national budget. However in reality the U.S. gives approximately 1% of its budget to foreign aid and a fraction of that goes toward global health. This is still a very large amount, however in the scheme of looming budget cuts many wonder what the true impact U.S. government funding has had internationally.
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VIDEO: World TB Day Congressional Briefing
A briefing and update on tuberculosis (TB), a disease that is curable but still takes the lives of 4,000 people each day and is the number one killer of people living with HIV. Special areas of focus of the briefing include US global leadership on TB, how communities are addressing the crisis, the threat of drug-resistant TB, and progress towards an effective vaccine, better medications and faster diagnostics.
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Ending Preventable Child Deaths and Having More “Firsts”
As RESULTS works to fight this health inequity by pushing for increased resources for child survival and vaccines, we celebrated a few “firsts” of our own this week. RESULTS celebrated the first ever World Immunization week by participating in the launch of USAID’s “5th Birthday” Campaign, and the United Nations Foundation’s launch of their Shot@Life Campaign. Both campaigns focus on the US’s role in child survival and both are committed to giving more children the opportunities to have more “firsts.”
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World Immunization Week: Day 5 - My semester at ACTION: Birthday wishes and affecting change
I remember my 5th birthday pretty well – surrounded by balloons, pre-school friends, and cake - and all I wanted was to unwrap Malibu Barbie and her dream house.
After my semester working with ACTION, it seems ridiculous to have been so focused on Barbie when so many kids never even have a 5th birthday.
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How You Can Protect Canadian Investments in Immunizations
In Canada, vaccines have been so successful that diseases like polio, diphtheria, mumps and measles are rarely ever seen. In fact, less than 5% of childhood deaths in Canada are attributed to vaccine preventable diseases.
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World Immunization Week: Day 4 - Le ghana introduit 2 vaccins majeurs
Le 26 avril prochain, lors de la première Semaine mondiale de la vaccination organisée par l’OMS, le Ghana introduira simultanément deux nouveaux vaccins dans son programme national de vaccination une première pour un pays du Sud.
Les vaccins antipneumococciques et antirotavirus permettront de protéger les enfants ghanéens contre les principales causes de pneumonie et de diarrhée infantile sévère, les deux maladies les plus meurtrières pour les enfants dans les pays en développement.
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World Immunization Week: Day 3 - World Malaria Day, Much to Celebrate but Don’t Lose Focus
By RESULTS UK
The theme for this World Malaria Day is ‘sustain gains, save lives’. As with the other two diseases which have received a huge boost from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, this disease is on the cusp of many breakthroughs in efforts to control it and the message coming from the millions of people who are every day at risk of contracting malaria is ‘don’t lose focus now’.
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KANCO celebrates African Vaccination Week
ACTION partner, KANCO, celebrates the second ever African Vaccination Week with 2 key activities. A morning media briefing highlighting the faith community’s support for immunization was followed by a child health forum with over 1,800 children and soon to be immunization advocates!
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3 Questions With Jackson Ndegwa, Vaccine Advocacy Officer
ACTION asks our Kenyan partner 3 questions on the current status of immunizations in Kenya. See what he thinks!
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World Immunization Week: Day 2 - Protecting EU Investments in Immunizations
On April 18th the European Parliament in Strasbourg hosted a breakfast debate to discuss the impact of immunisation programmes on the EU development aid landscape. As a pre-cursor to Immunisation Week, the forum, “The impact of immunisation programmes in the EU development aid landscape” highlighted immunisation as a central aspect of global health and development and the challenges in reaching every child.
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