Action for Global Health calls on the Prime Minister to immediately reverse today’s devastating announcement of the cut to UK aid spending from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3%, to prevent harming the lives of millions of people around the world…
Action for Global Health calls for an emergency response following the US Government’s alarming Executive Orders – including the withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the freeze on USAID spending and the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule –…
As we look back on World Leprosy Day (26 January) and ahead to World Neglected Tropical Disease Day (30 January), we call for more global commitment to end to these terrible diseases. In 2023, 182,815 people were diagnosed with leprosy,…
Eye health is universal. Everyone will require eye care services at some point in their life – when did you last have an eye test, or a new glasses prescription? We know that more than half of people who have…
By Agnes Soucat, François Dabis and Marie-Paule Kieny of Santé mondiale 2030 For more information on crises facing global health and how to get progress towards UHC back on track, read our 2024 Stocktake Review. Mounting political instability on both…
Trigger warning: this article contains discussion of rape and sexual violence. In February 2024, Malawi's Daily Times published an article about the death of a 16-year-old girl. The details reported were that she had been raped by a Kabaza (motorcycle…
Action for Global Health (AfGH) is a network of 55 organisations collaborating and advocating for a world where health equity is achieved globally. Our Steering Committee – made up of representatives from 8 of our member organisations – guides us…
This is a guest post from Malaria Consortium, an international non-profit organisation specialising in the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases — particularly those affecting children under five. Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria threatens the lives of…
Delivering health for all requires a commitment to individual health rights, including the right to choose a service or product that is accessible, culturally acceptable and of high-quality. This guest blog by Options, an Action for Global Health member, shares…
State pensions and access to social protection are not only essential for older women to achieve their rights but also vital for their health and wellbeing. This year’s United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women was an opportunity…