Claire Leigh
@claireleighdev
Associate Board Member, KEG/Westminster Insights, and Chair, Meningitis Research Foundation @M_R_F
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02-07-2012 10:59:15
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Well said, Danny Sriskandarajah! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
More & more families are hit by shocks - COVID-19, conflict, displacement, climate - Gwen Hines, @SaveCEO_UK, explains how Save the Children US's social protection program & cash transfers can help. #ReshapingDevelopment
This new report from Center for Global Development on 'why DFID was created' is excellent and a must read as we look to the next election. The clear focus, leadership, beyond-aid remit and goal of influencing how others approach development were all key: cgdev.org/sites/default/…
THREAD/ Been in #London for the London Climate Action Week action week. These spaces get way less attention than the official #COP yet they are stepping stones to build better understandings of the complexity and intricacy of the challenges we are facing. Here are my #LCAW2023 highlights:
Proud to launch the Meningitis Flag this week, a new global symbol of the fight against this deadly disease. Congratulations to everyone at Sanofi and Meningitis Research Foundation and COMO.
Super excited to share this new data visualisation tool for child rights, where you can hear from kids themselves about the intersecting challenges they face, mapped right down to the subnational and local level. This tool is unique, and totally free to use/ download. SavetheChildren News
Great piece by Yuval Noah Harari. If we can find 2.4% of GDP for arms, 7% for fossil firms, and 3.5% to rescue banks in the GFC, surely we can find 2% to save the planet (and spoiler: we get it back with interest!) time.com/6132395/two-pe…
Thursday is #WorldMeningitisDay. Every year, there are 2.5 million new cases of meningitis, an infectious disease that can affect anyone at any age. More facts from World Health Organization (WHO): who.int/health-topics/…
It’s World Meningitis Day. Here is what parents say about the disease, courtesy of Meningitis Research Foundation #wmd2023