Immunisation and nutrition integration (INI) was a prominent theme at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris last week. What is it, and why do we think it is an important advocacy opportunity to increase spending on nutrition programmes? In…
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,…
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…
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…
Action for Global Health is delighted to launch its new #HealthyFutures Universal Health Coverage Campaign! We’re calling on the UK Government to make the right to health #TrulyUniversal. Health is a universal right. But across the globe, millions of people…
The Action for Global Health Network was thrilled to launch its 'Global Health Charity Show' on UK Health Radio in March this year, a monthly global health education and information radio show. Each month a different health-related charity or organisation from…
The Action for Global Health Network was thrilled to launch its 'Global Health Charity Show' on UK Health Radio in March this year, a monthly global health education and information radio show. Each month a different health-related charity or organisation from…