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Australia doubles its GAVI commitment to US$58 million over three years

Mary Robinson, Chair of the GAVI Alliance Board, welcomes the new commitment, which will help save the lives of 4.2 million children New York City, 6 October 2010 – With a new pledge of A$ 60 million (US$ 58 million) over three years, the Government of Australia doubled its previous commitment to the GAVI Alliance [...]

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Panel Debates Equity of Millennium Development Goals Amid Entrenched Disparities in Health, Life Expectancy, as United Nations DPI/NGO Conference Continues

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 31 August Amid broad agreement that profound disparities in health and life expectancy between the citizens of developed and developing nations were wide and entrenched distinguished panel today debated the equity of the Millennium Development Goals for the poorest and most marginalized in society, as the sixty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference entered its second [...]

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Laos shows the Millennium Development Goals CAN be achieved

The Millennium Developments Goals ARE achievable: just look to Laos and you’ll see it’s true. Laos PDR is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, yet it is one of the few countries in the world to be achieving some of its Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in parts of the country where Save [...]

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