RESULTS Blog  Follow us via RSS and Twitter!Keep up with RESULTS’ poverty fighting actions around the world! Subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter. Learn more. At any given moment, RESULTS staff and activists around the world are busy working with their elected officials, local media, or working within their communities to realize a world without poverty. Hear their stories here!Congress Passes Final Spending Bill for FY 2010By John Fawcett, Legislative Director The president has signed a final spending package passed by Congress that includes foreign aid funding levels for the fiscal year (FY) 2010. While the federal fiscal year actually began on October 1, Congress has relied on stopgap spending measures prior to finalizing their appropriations bills. The measure includes modest increases for global health, education, and microfinance spending and underscores the significant work to be done to mobilize additional resources next year. Read More. Keywords: 19 Comments Senate Health Care Developments — Contact Your Senators NOWBy Ann Beltran, Domestic Policy Volunteer, RESULTS Today, Wednesday, December 16, the single-payer amendment by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is being read on the floor of the Senate. This gives us another twelve hours to e-mail and call our senators and make one last push for their vote on this. Both Congress and the American people need to know the support for meaningful reform of the administration of health care is still alive and fighting! Read More. Keywords: Health Care Reform3 Comments Regional Coordinators and Staff Work the Weekend in D.C.By Ken Patterson, Global Grassroots Manager The mood was upbeat and energetic as global and domestic regional coordinators (RCs) spent Friday through Sunday with staff working on strategies to make our grassroots more powerful. The weekend included guest speakers, RC- and staff-led sessions, and a holiday party with the entire RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund, Microcredit Summit, and ACTION staffs. Read More. Keywords: Regional Coordinator, Planning0 Comments 15 Years of DOTS Has Saved 8 Million LivesBy John Fawcett, Global Legislative Director, RESULTS New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrate the success and promise of effective tuberculosis (TB) control programs. Since the WHO embraced the DOTS strategy in 1994, 36 million people have been cured of TB and 8 million deaths have been averted. Read More. Keywords: TB, World Health Organization, DOTS0 Comments |