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Overview
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA, in alliance with the Cuban Children's Fund, is providing medical equipment for a children's hospital in Cuba. Because of continuing US trade sanctions against Cuba, access to a range of essentials including medicine and medical equipment remains a severe problem for the Cuban people.
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Cuban Children’s Fund
The Cuban Children's Fund was founded in 1998 and aims to raise funds and collect medical materials suitable for use by the Cuban Public Health System; and to develop bilateral links between the Australian and Cuban health sectors. ...
Occupational Health and Safety for Entertainment Workers
Entertainment Workers, including permanent and casual sex workers, face a whole range of risks in their profession, including sexual and physical violence and sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA views this through an OH&S lens - sex workers is work and these risks need to be addressed....
Latest Cuba News
Continuing support for the Cuban Children's Hospital - 15 December 2006
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) raised $70,000 from among their membership, and this, combined with donations from other individuals, covered the cost of an anaesthetist machine, which was $108,000. ...
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