Health & Education For All

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Let’s show world leaders how to make a promise and keep it. Make a promise now. And see what your friends have promised too...!

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5 February 2010
G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada this weekend must agree to a Financial Transaction Tax to leverage billions needed to help poor nations deal with the impact of the global economic crisis.
19 January 2010
A new report published by Oxfam today said the future of 72 million children currently out of school depended on a fundamental shift in the way education is funded globally.
21 December 2009
Oxfam International works with the W8 group of ambassadors to bring voices from the south to a global audience.
17 December 2009
November rains that were expected to ease the hunger crisis in East Africa have failed yet again in some of the worst hit areas. Millions of people face at least another six months of hunger and destitution.
16 December 2009
International agency Oxfam has welcomed the announcement by international drug purchasing agency UNITAID to create a patent pool for HIV drugs. Millions of poor people will now have access to cheaper, more appropriate medicines.

In depth

How reform of the Fast Track Initiative should lead to a Global Fund for Education
19 January 2010
How the European Union’s trade agenda has taken a wrong turn
19 October 2009
An introduction
13 October 2009
Will leaders act now to save lives and make health care free in poor countries?
11 September 2009
West Africa's literacy challenge
13 August 2009
6 of the W8 meeting the German Development Minister in Berlin with German rock band Die Toten Hosen, who helped collect 50,000 signatures supporting health and education for all. Credit: Mike Auerbach, Oxfam Germany
Oxfam International works with the W8 group of ambassadors to bring voices from the south to a global audience.
Enrolled Nurse, Miriam Chisizwa, takes the blood pressure of patient Agnes Colinto in the post-natal ward at Bwalia 'Bottom' Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, where she has worked for 7 years. Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Today, the UN has a unique opportunity to change the face of healthcare for millions of mothers and children in poor countries across the world, by abolishing user fees.
Join the growing global movement demanding Health and Education For All.
Girls in Taboye school working from one of the text books bought by Oxfam and its partner ADESAH. Credit: Crispin Hughes/Oxfam
The goal of education for all Malian children by 2015 is still more a dream than a reality, despite indisputable improvements in the delivery of education in the country. This photo story gives you a glimpse into what schooling is like in Mali today.

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