Global Child & Maternal Health

Where a baby is born should not determine how long she lives. RESULTS advocates for policies and legislation that will help end the preventable deaths of moms and babies in low-income countries around the world.

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Campaign Overview: Our global poverty campaigns in 2024

2024 Global Maternal and Child Health Policy Brief

100 days, 100 senators, 50 states – helping set a new agenda against poverty.

With a new Congress and Administration in Washington this year, RESULTS wasn’t waiting around. As policymakers started their first 100 days in office, our movement of advocates set out to meet with members of Congress across the country and across the political spectrum.

May 5, 2021 | Economic Justice in the Tax Code | Global Child & Maternal Health | Global Education | Housing

Budget reconciliation is a path to some additional COVID relief, but there’s more work to do.

Congressional leadership is working to pass another COVID-19 relief package through a special legislative process called budget reconciliation. This is a step in the right direction, but the amounts in the proposed budget reconciliation do not go far enough. More advocacy is needed to ensure that the U.S. provides COVID-19 relief on a scale that meets the tremendous need that exists in the U.S. and in partner countries.

Senate FY21 Appropriations Bills Released, COVID-19 Emergency Relief Still Urgently Needed

This crisis is far from over, and we need a timely and coordinated U.S. global response. Contact your members of Congress and tell them to act now.

Decades of Progress on Child Mortality Threatened by COVID-19 Pandemic

In the past 30 years deaths of children under five have declined by 60 percent. Now, the global COVID-19 pandemic threatens to erase decades of public health gains. It’s crucial that the U.S. support a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to scale up efforts to reach all children with lifesaving interventions.

September 14, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Gavi the Vaccine Alliance | Global Child & Maternal Health

Remembering Rep. John Lewis

The country lost a giant in the fight for civil rights, racial justice, and the end of poverty with the death of Rep. John Lewis. We’re committed to fighting for a future that is worthy of his legacy.