As cholera outbreak spreads, World Vision deploys teams to distribute emergency health supplies, focus on preventative measures

Monday, October 25, 2010

As the cholera outbreak continues to spread in the Artibonite region of Haiti, World Vision is increasing its response in affected areas, pre-positioning much-needed health supplies and preparing residents in displacement camps in Port-au-Prince with critical health and hygiene messages.

Media Releases, Poverty, Water & sanitation, Famine, Latin America and Carribean, AIDS, Cholera, Disaster relief, Foreign Aid, Haiti, HIV, Tim Costello

More needed from Australian Government in fight against killer diseases

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Aid agency World Vision has welcomed the renewed Australian Government financial commitment to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, but expressed its disappointment at the size of the increase.

Media Releases, Famine, Poverty, Water & sanitation, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Epidemics, Global Fund, HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis, WHO