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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

New Ambassador role a win for women’s rights says World Vision

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

World Vision Australia today welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to elevate the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women with the appointment of a Global Ambassador for Women and Girls.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Gender Equality, WHO, Women's Rights

Aid group welcomes new government funding for women and education in the Pacific

Thursday, September 8, 2011

World Vision Australia today welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of additional funding to improve education and the treatment of women in the Pacific.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Forced Marriage, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Sexual Assault, WHO, Women's Rights

New psychological first aid guide to strengthen humanitarian relief

Friday, August 19, 2011

Today, on World Humanitarian Day, the World Health Organization (WHO), the War Trauma Foundation (WTF) and World Vision International (WVI) will release a new tool for aid workers called the Psychological First Aid Guide for Fieldworkers.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Humanitarian, NGO, Psychological Aid, WHO, World Humanitarian Day

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