The Stronger Surveillance for Vector Borne Pathogens project (STRIVE) will support early warning of drug-resistant vectors (mosquitoes) and strengthening of PNGs vector-borne disease outbreak response capability.
At the end of the PacMOSSI project, vector control officers in a minimum of five countries will be using best practices and applying operational research to improve their work, contributing to improved data collection and surveillance.
The Australian Government supports the World Mosquito Program (WMP) to trial the use of Wolbachia bacteria to reduce the transmission of the dengue virus, as well as other arboviruses, in several countries in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
The Combating the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases in Vietnam project (V-RESIST) aims to preserve the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics, particularly for respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis.
Through the COMBAT AMR project, PNG, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Fiji will have: staff trained in infection prevention and control, improved antimicrobial stewardship, increased laboratory capacity for testing and surveillance for WHO AMR priority pathogens and better understanding of AMR by animal health workers.
The STRATUM project involves the development and implementation of a package of cost-effective interventions for the cure of multi-drug resistant malaria.
The Protecting Indonesia from the Threat of Antibiotic Resistance (PINTAR) study will result in the improvement of antibiotic dispensing practices across Indonesia.
The Surveillance Training, Research Opportunities and National Guidelines for communicable disease control in Timor-Leste (STRONG-TL) project will involve the collaboration of local and international experts to deliver its aims.
Through the Strengthening Preparedness in the Asia-Pacific Region through Knowledge (SPARK) program, there will be a cohort of students and researchers in leading universities in Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand who can manipulate, analyse and use data for public health decision making.
ARIA is a member-based alliance of experts with a range of skills and experience in immunisation and vaccine preventable disease-related work in our region.