Amena has asthma and a hole in her heart. She desperately needed treatment but her family couldn’t afford it in Syria. They moved to Libya, but finding little...
Harsh realities of life for children on Bangladesh’s streets
Selim is 12 years old and small for his age. He wears a polo shirt pocked with tears and repairs and frowns down at the ground as I talk to him. When he answers...
MPs from across the world take a stand for greater tax transparency
Parliamentarians from around the world committed to take further action in their countries on tax transparency, at the first ever Global Tax Transparency Summit...
Child refugees stuck in limbo – what the children of Calais need now is information
For months now, images of Calais have been splashed across the news: the squalid conditions; tents and makeshift buildings set ablaze; and French police suited...
How the private sector and civil society can work together to achieve healthcare for all
A year on from the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals, Save the Children and GSK are demonstrating that one of the ways businesses can have a positive...
UK schools falling behind rest of world – what can we do?
Last year over half a million 15-year-olds across the globe sat the same two-hour test. The results were published earlier this week, and are now being used to...
Syria: Bombs leave Aleppo’s children nowhere to hide
Tens of thousands of children have become sitting targets as heavy bombing hits East Aleppo – the last opposition-held part of the city. As the Syrian army...
Bringing the promise to life: realising the Pledge to Leave No One Behind
In our new briefing we set out the implications of the Pledge for policy and practice, and outline concrete steps that must be taken at national and...
Myanmar: Civil society organisations come together to tackle malnutrition
At a recent meeting in Yangon, civil society organisations came together to identify a set of potential solutions for tackling the underlying causes of...
To achieve UHC, we need to focus on domestic resources
We should spend at least three-quarters of our time on domestic resource mobilisation if we are serious about Universal Health Coverage and primary health care.