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FAO needs $350 million to avert rising hunger as countries reel from COVID-19 pandemic’s impact
Green MP joins international call to cancel developing countries’ debt
New Zealand condemns shocking attacks on hospital and funeral in Afghanistan
First COVID-19 case in refugee camp sparks fears for child safety, child marriage
Funding boost for Defence
Aid spending boost in Budget 2020
Cash one of best ways to help Solomon Islanders after a disaster
Surveys assess impact of pandemic on conflict
Increasing COVID-19 testing capacity in Pacific
Worst fears as first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in north of Yemen
Rapid and massive increase in aid needed to save millions of lives amid COVID-19 crisis – Oxfam
Vaccine Funding Great News. But It Won’t Be Enough for World’s Most Vulnerable
COVID-19 could undo 30 years of poverty reduction progress – World Vision launches massive, 18-month-long response
WA midwife, Sara David, recognised on International Day of Midwife
Madeline Gleeson: A 2020 Young Woman to Watch in International Affairs
Coronavirus in Africa: A complex reality
International student support welcomed
ACT provides more support for temporary visa holders and international students
FAO welcomes Russian Federation’s $10 million donation to support fight Desert Locusts in East Africa
“COVID-19 could not have come at a worse time for vulnerable communities across
COVID-19 Watch hub focuses on refugees and other displaced people
Children’s needs systematically overlooked in response to Australian bushfires: submission 25 April
Drones trial to fly medical supplies to Isle of Wight to support COVID19 response
Singer urges support to protect world’s most marginalised during COVID-19
Children’s needs systematically overlooked in response to Australian bushfires: submission
2021 Kindergarten Central Registration period extended
Manchester academic leads coronavirus fight at city’s Nightingale Hospital
16 agencies express extreme concern after death of an aid worker transporting COVID-19 test samples
FAO urges at G20 meeting protection of food supply chains amid COVID-19 threat
Joint Statement on COVID-19 Impacts on Food Security and Nutrition
Oxfam launches appeal as coronavirus threatens lives and livelihoods of billions
Eminent historians to join ACUs’ Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences
US FDA approval sought for clinical trial for potential COVID-19 treatment
New research centres
UNICEF and Microsoft launch global learning platform to help address COVID-19 education crisis
Deakin ‘virtually’ supporting humanitarian leaders across world
FAO welcomes $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to fight Desert Locusts in East Africa
New OECD figures show international aid woefully inadequate to fight COVID-19 crisis – Oxfam
Access to full mobile data and telecommunications in Myanmar and Bangladesh is essential to save lives
WHO Funding Cut Could Unleash ‘Disaster’: World Vision
Penn State team develops prototype for testing site protective booth
Cyclone Harold leaves 160,000 Homeless: CAT II Disaster Declared
Immediate response to Tropical Cyclone Harold
Joint Statement by OECD Development Assistance Committee on Covid-19 crisis
FAO continues to fight Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa and Yemen despite COVID-19 constraints
Further assistance for Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Harold
Vanuatu: New aerial photos reveal destruction left by Cyclone Harold
Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by COVID-19: Oxfam