ACTION celebrated World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24th — as well as the days preceding and following the 24th — along with people around the world. We organized parliamentary events; helped make #WorldTBDay trend on social media; and published dozens of articles and op-eds, as well as radio and television programs, in local, national, and international outlets.
The ACTION global health advocacy partnership has released an update to its Donor Immunization Record, revealing an impressive global accountability picture on child vaccines: 14 out of 17 major donors have delivered on their commitments to the GAVI Alliance.
In January 2013, the ACTION partnership launched a dynamic advocacy campaign against undernutrition, focusing efforts on the June 8th Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit held in London, England.
Today, ACTION has released a ‘Donor Immunization Record’ to track whether donors are delivering on their commitments to the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership working to increase access to immunizations in developing countries.
ACTION made a splash at this year’s International AIDS Conference, educating and engaging conference attendees through interactive games, informative sessions and even a stunt or two to drive home the wise words of Nelson Mandela, “We cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB."
ACTION began advocating for vaccines in 2011 at a critical time for promoting equitable access to health for children under five. Our first priority was to assist the GAVI Alliance in raising the resources necessary to expand access to new life-saving vaccines against the leading killers of children under five in the world’s poorest countries.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the world’s largest international funder of public health efforts to treat and prevent TB and malaria. It’s the second-biggest financier of HIV/AIDS services. It relies on the contributions of donor governments to save 100,000 lives every month.
In the lead up to President Obama making the historic commitment on World AIDS Day 2012 to reach an additional 2 million people with AIDS treatment, ACTION participated as a member of the civil society coalition which made the case for taking on this goal.