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As you prepare for your meeting, here are some quick suggestions for powerfully using these slides:
Plan an agenda for your meeting, around an hour. Be sure to include an introduction of RESULTS and time for attendees to take action.
The slides contain three videos, one each on maternal health(slide 4) , the Global Fund(10), and early childhood development(17). You can find the links to these slides in the notes on the respective slide. We suggest opening the links in advance of the meeting to ensure videos are ready to view.
Include time in your agenda for attendees to take action after the presentation. You can find links to actions on the Take Action slide.

2. Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty

3. Perception vs. Progress1
Perception vs. Progress
A new survey across 26 countries reveals a startling public perception of extreme poverty.
Nearly 9 in 10 people feel the state of extreme poverty has either become worse or not improved in the last 20 years.
Only 8% of U.S. respondents feel extreme poverty has declined.
When asked if ending global poverty is possible, 67% of respondents feel it is “very unlikely to rather unlikely” to end global poverty by 2030.
A study conducted by Glocalities surveyed more than 56,000 people in 24 countries and 15 languages, between December 2015 and February 2016, finds that 86% of individuals feel that the state of extreme poverty has worsened or remained the same over the past 20 years. This trend is more pronounced in Western nations and significantly less pronounced in emerging economies like China and India, where the decline of extreme poverty is evident to citizens. When asked to look forward, only 13% of respondents felt that it is rather likely to very likely that global poverty could be ended by Survey can be found at

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Perception vs. Progress
In fact, rates of extreme poverty have been more than halved.
What does it mean that this perception exists? Will people take action when they believe our efforts thus far have not been successful?
We need to change this narrative.
Here are the facts:

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Global rates of extreme poverty have been cut in half in the period between 1990 and Rates of extreme poverty globally continue to decline as of Data source: World Bank. Graphic source: OurWorldInData.org. Further information can be found at

6. Needless child deaths have decreased in real numbers4
Needless child deaths have decreased in real numbers
1990
12.7 million
2015
5.9 million
2035
The number of under-five child deaths is a measure of children dying of preventable causes, including malnutrition and pneumonia. Our goal is to end preventable under-five child deaths by Child deaths have decreased while total global population has increased. Global population in 1990: 5.2 billion (World Bank). Population in 2015: 7.3 billion (United Nations). Projected population in 2030: 8.5 billion (United Nations projection) See more information in the A Promise Renewed report here:
Source: Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed UNICEF Report

7. Maternal deaths have declined as well5
Maternal deaths have declined as well
1990
532,000
2015
303,000
2035
Each day, 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and child birth. However, this number has fallen 43% worldwide since Our goal is to end preventable maternal deaths by Maternal deaths have decreased while total global population has increased. Global population in 1990: 5.2 billion (World Bank). Population in 2015: 7.3 billion (United Nations). Projected population in 2030: 8.5 billion (United Nations projection) See WHO maternal mortality fact sheet here:
Source: WHO

8. AIDS, TB, and Malaria Through Investments in the Global Fund6
AIDS, TB, and Malaria Through Investments in the Global Fund
13.2 million people on TB treatments
8.1 million additional HIV treatments
548 million mosquito nets delivered
20 million lives saved since 2002
When the Global Fund began in 2002, AIDS was ripping through the developing world, especially parts of sub-Saharan Africa. TB and malaria were rampant. At that point, the Global Fund was supporting countries just to help stop as many deaths as possible.
Global Fund projects that with the successful 2016 replenishment, raising $12.9 billion, it will be able to save an additional 8 million lives, prevent 300 million new infections by This will generate a projected $290 billion in long-term economic gains. See the Global Fund Investment Case here:
Source: Global Fund Investment Case 2016

9. Students Without Access to Primary Education7
Students Without Access to Primary Education
106 million
61 million
Worldwide, 61 million children remain out of primary school, and nearly 40 percent of the world's primary school-aged children still don't know how to read, write, or count. Due to humanitarian crises in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of out-of-school primary-aged children, from 57 million at the beginning of 2014 to 61 million as of this writing. More information can be found in the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report. Find the 2016 report here:
1999
2016
Source: Education for All Global Monitoring Report

10. Students Without Access to Secondary Education8
Students Without Access to Secondary Education
97 million
65million
Global secondary education enrollment rates have improved, with 32 million fewer children without access to secondary education. More information can be found in the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report. Find the 2016 report here:
2000
2013
Source: Education for All Global Monitoring Report

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RESULTS Successes
Over the past thirty-six years, RESULTS advocacy has played a key role in achieving reductions in extreme poverty. In just the past year…
RESULTS advocates secured a multi-year $4.3 billion pledge to the Global Fund and $12.9 billion in pledges to the Global Fund worldwide.
RESULTS advocates have also secured key legislative victories on appropriations, as well as an historic level of bipartisan support on maternal and child health legislation.
For more information on the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, see a video on the possibilities behind the successful replenishment here:
For a video on the power of Early Childhood Development (ECD) visit:
Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty

12. AIDS, TB, and Malaria Global Fund Pledging Conference September 201610
AIDS, TB, and Malaria Global Fund Pledging Conference September 2016
Over $12.9 Billion pledged worldwide
Up to $4.3 billion pledged by U.S.
Increased pledges by Canada and the EU
Outcomes of the September 16, 2016 Global Fund Pledging Conference in Montreal, Canada. The $4.3 billion pledge by the U.S. will match every $2 pledged from the world with $1 from the U.S., up to $4.3 billion. To see a video on the progress made by the Global Fund here:

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FY17 Global Fund and PEPFAR
125 signers
28% increase since FY14
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria's funding was maintained from last year at $1.35 billion in both bills.
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14. Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty
FY17 Bilateral Tuberculosis
71 signers
137% increase since FY14
On Tuberculosis, the House rejected the cuts in the President’s budget, restoring funding to bilateral tuberculosis to $236 million for FY17. In the Senate, they also rejected the cuts, but increased the account by $5 million, the first proposed increase for the account in 5 years!
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15. Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty
FY17 Basic Education & GPE
93 signers
48% increase since FY14
The House maintained the Basic Education account at $800 million. But within the overall account, the House included a record $75 million for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), a $5 million increase over the FY16 level. The Senate cut the overall Basic Education account by nearly 30 percent from FY16 levels, including only $562 million (which was also the President’s request). However, the Senate appropriated $70 million for GPE – the highest amount ever included in a Senate bill for GPE. 
Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty

16. Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty
FY17 Maternal & Child Health/Nutrition
146 signers
156% increase since FY14
The Senate met the President’s request for the topline MCH account at $814.5 million – which is $64.5 million over the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) enacted level. The House bill increased the entire account by $227 million, but that increase also accounted for a move to save UNICEF from cuts made to other UN agencies. With UNICEF funded under MCH, the full increase to the account is still $114.5 million over the FY16 enacted level!
Then and Now: Progress Toward the End of Extreme Poverty

17. Reach Every Mother and Child Act15
Reach Every Mother and Child Act
Legislation introduced in 2015, charting the course for the end of preventable maternal and child deaths by 2035
RESULTS Reach Act Accomplishments:
Media in all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico
26 Cosponsors in the Senate (13 Republicans, 13 Democrats)
201 Cosponsors in the House (73 Republicans, 128 Democrats)
The Reach Every Mother and Child Act proposes reforms that will hold USAID accountable for a smarter, more effective approach to ending preventable maternal and child deaths. With a strategy that puts kids and mothers first, we have the chance to make sure every child, regardless of where she’s born, has a healthy start to life. See a powerful video on maternal and child health, To Keep A Promise, here:
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The Reach Act has more support that 99% of the legislation introduced in the House this Congress.
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of RESULTS advocates holding meetings with members of Congress and engaging their representatives in the community during recesses and campaign events, the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015, HR 3706 has strong bipartisan support, with 73 Republicans and 128 Democrats currently official cosponsors of the legislation.
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RESULTS achieved a milestone in its history, for the first time publishing media on a key campaign in all 50 states. This accomplishment is credited to grassroots advocates across the country utilizing RESULTS media toolkits on Reach and writing letters to the editors and op-eds, and holding meetings with editorial boards and radio networks.
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Take Action
A key part of every RESULTS meeting is taking action. Let’s build on the incredible success we’ve had in moving the world closer to the end of extreme poverty.
Actions you can take now:
Write to your Senator or Representative and urge them to be a champion for the end of extreme poverty.
Write a Letter to the Editor to your local paper about the progress on extreme poverty.
Visit our Take Action page to find the most current and powerful action on global poverty.
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Spread the word! More people need to hear about the progress we’ve made toward ending extreme poverty.
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