Press releases

  • World Vision scales up fight to tackle TB in PNG

    World Vision is scaling up efforts to tackle tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea following warnings of a TB crisis in the region.

    The World Health Organisation reported in November that infections of multi-drug resistant TB have reached crisis levels due to a lack of access to healthcare and treatment. Situated less than 200km from Australian shores, PNG has the highest ...

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  • World Vision responding to escalating crisis in Africa

    World Vision has scaled up its emergency responses to both a food crisis threatening millions of lives in West Africa and a humanitarian emergency in South Sudan’s border states.

    Around 20 million people across the Sahel region in West Africa are at risk of a food crisis, with the situation predicted to worsen between March and August. In the countries ...

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