As the Chancellor prepares to set out his spending plans in Wednesday's Budget, new research by the anti-poverty organisation ONE reveals for the first time the expected impact of the UK aid budget. The new audit of UK aid spending plans shows that UK aid will put 15.9 million children in school, protect 5.8 million mothers during childbirth and help over 9 million people overcome malnutrition in the next four years. More
Michael Elliott, President and CEO of The ONE Campaign, today issued the following statement regarding the 10th Anniversary of the Global Fund. More
2011 marks a critical point in our fight against HIV/AIDS. This World AIDS Day, let's mark the beginning of the end of AIDS. More
This World AIDS Day, December 1, ONE and (RED) will join together to launch the (2015)QUILT (www.2015quilt.com)- an innovative social media initiative designed to bring people from all over the world together to fight for a historic achievement - the delivery of the first AIDS free generation in the more than 30 years since the virus was first diagnosed.
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In response to the UNAIDS World AIDS Day report Adrian Lovett, Europe Director of ONE, said: "The latest UNAIDS figures are a wake-up call. They show the huge progress we've made in combating HIV, but they also underline the major push needed now in order to turn the corner in this epidemic.
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A closer look at the specific, measurable goals we must achieve by 2015 to help us begin to end HIV/AIDS. More
A new survey published today reveals that 9 out of 10 British people (91 per cent) believe that every child has a right to be vaccinated, and that two-thirds of Britons (67 percent) are proud that the UK makes financial commitments to help vaccinate children in developing countries. The poll, commissioned by anti-poverty campaign group ONE, comes at a critical time as a funding shortfall threatens to stall global efforts to rollout vaccines in the world's poorest countries. ONE today will launch a campaign in a speech to the Royal College of Nursing Congress which calls on David Cameron and other world leaders to fill this funding gap and save four million lives in the next five years.
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Responding to the publication of the UK Government's aid reviews, Jamie Drummond, Executive Director of ONE, has said that the Government should continue to focus on ensuring that British taxpayers get good value for money, and that every penny we spend in overseas aid should be used to reduce poverty and help meet the Millennium Development Goals. More
On the first of the European Development Days in Brussels, ONE has called on the European Commission to support practical changes that will have a profound effect on developing countries. More
Living Proof is about telling the real story of the incredible progress being achieved by some of the world's poorest people, backed by governments like ours. More