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Date Time Hunter left out of regional and rural health inquiry Hunter based health lawyer and Australian Lawyers’ Alliance (ALA) NSW spokesperson on health, Catherine Henry, is disappointed that the parliamentary inquiry brought on by the crisis in regional and rural health will not hold a hearing in the Hunter. The first of 12 community hearings for the Upper House inquiry into “Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote NSW” start today (April 29) in Deniliquin. Ms Henry said it is important for the inquiry to visit other communities, but ...

New Delhi: The Clean Energy in Rural and Remote Communities (CERRC) program supports projects across Canada to reduce the reliance of rural and remote communities on fossil fuel for heat and power. This program also supports community-level capacity

The United Nations The global COVID-19 pandemic could provide “opportunities” to improve health care in Papua New Guinea (PNG) after the crisis is over, according to the United Nations’ most senior official in the southwestern Pacific Ocean nation. UN Resident Coordinator Gianluca Rampolla believes that the public health communications and system strengthening, undertaken during the outbreak of the virus in PNG, will help to put the “local health system on a better platform to combat future pandemics.” Ahead of World Immunization Week which begins on 24 April, he explains why. “On...

Date Time National Cabinet announces changes to COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy The National Cabinet met on Thursday 22 April to discuss changes to Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy. They have agreed the imperative to get Australians vaccinated as soon as possible, and are recalibrating the vaccine delivery plan to account for recent medical advice on the use of AstraZeneca vaccines. One of the main adjustments to the plan involves limiting access to the Pfizer vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine will now be available to: – people eligible in phases 1a and 1b who are aged under 50 years – residen...

Subject: Human Rights Watch Amicus Curiae on abuses against human rights defenders José Miguel Vivanco, on behalf of Human Rights Watch, located at 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, United States, presents this amicus brief to the Honorable Constitutional Court of Colombia in the case T8018193, 11001310304520200002500 concerning ongoing abuses against human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia. We respectfully state: Purpose and Summary of this Submission Human Rights Watch respectfully requests that the Colombian Constitutional Court accept this submission and consider its ...