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COVID-19 aid rethink welcome, but must go beyond our immediate region - CEO

Saturday, May 30, 2020

World Vision today welcomed the Australian Government’s plan Partnerships for Recovery which outlines how Australia will support its regional neighbours through COVID-19 but renewed its call that this global crisis requires a global response.

Media Releases, Refugees, More and better aid, Climate change, Water and sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, Asylum Seekers, Bangladesh, Child Health, Child Violence, Children's Rights, Climate Change, Economic Development, Epidemics, Human Rights, Humanitarian, International Development, Refugee Camp, Refugee Crisis, Refugees, World Vision

World Vision Welcomes G20 Statement - CEO

Friday, March 27, 2020

World Vision today welcomed the “whatever it takes” approach to the extraordinary G20 leaders’ special summit overnight.

Media Releases, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Health, Emergency, Epidemics, G20, Humanitarian, Refugees, World Vision

World Vision welcomes $24 million funding for Ebola

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

World Vision welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment of up to $24 million in additional funding to respond to the deadly Ebola virus, announced by the Prime Minister and Minister for Health today.

Media Releases, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Emergencies, Africa, Australian Government, Disaster relief, Ebola, Epidemics, Sierra Leone, Tim Costello, West Africa

World Vision launches Ebola Appeal, scales up response

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

World Vision Australia is calling on Australians to join in the urgent fight to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, with the launch of a special Ebola Outbreak Appeal.

Media Releases, Emergencies, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Africa, Disaster relief, Ebola, Epidemics, Sierra Leone, Tim Costello

World Vision boosts Ebola response

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

World Vision will train hundreds of healthcare workers in an effort to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone following the announcement of a $2.5 million boost in Australian Government funding for the outbreak in West Africa.

Media Releases, Emergencies, West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Africa, Australian Government, Disaster relief, Ebola, Epidemics, Foreign Aid, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Philippines brace for more rain as tropical storm hits

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Tropical storm Helen (Kai-Tak) has triggered warnings in seven provinces on the main Philippine island of Luzon, where Manila is located.

Emergencies, Climate change, Asia and the Pacific, Climate Change, Epidemics, Flood, Foreign Aid, Philippines

World Vision responding to deadly floods in the Philippines

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

World Vision is preparing relief aid for 50,000 people in the wake of deadly floods in the Philippines, while torrential rain continues to inundate the capital, Manila.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Water & sanitation, Asia and the Pacific, Disaster relief, Epidemics, Flood, Philippines

Aid agencies warn of cholera threat in desperate West Africa

Friday, July 27, 2012

Thousands of cholera cases have been confirmed in parts of West Africa already suffering a food crisis, droughts, locusts, and conflict.

Media Releases, Poverty, Famine, Africa, Cholera, Disaster relief, Epidemics, Humanitarian, Niger, Tim Costello

World Vision scales up fight to tackle TB in PNG

Thursday, February 23, 2012

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

Media Releases, Emergencies, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Epidemics, Tuberculosis, WHO

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