Leigh Raithby

Leigh Raithby

Leigh Raithby is a policy and advocacy officer at Results Canada, a nonprofit advocacy organization committed to generating the political will to end extreme poverty, where her work focuses on tuberculosis. Leigh is also a secretariat member of Stop TB Canada, a network connecting people, organizations, and communities committed to ending tuberculosis at home and abroad.

Latest Articles

Opinion: We won’t get the innovation needed to end TB without more R&D

Opinion: We won’t get the innovation needed to end TB without more R&D

over 2 years ago // Talking TB: Produced in Partnership

Every year countries have failed to meet funding targets to support the science to develop new tools to fight TB, at this year’s United Nations High-Level meeting, that has to change.

Opinion: Why Canada needs to step up Global Fund support this year

Opinion: Why Canada needs to step up Global Fund support this year

over 3 years ago // Talking TB

The Global Fund has asked donors to increase their contributions by 30% over 2019 levels due to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on health services. Advocates around the world are looking to Canada to set this precedent.