The Strategic Partnership with Beyond Essential Systems (BES) and the mSupply Foundation (TMF) provides countries in the Indo-Pacific region with access to high-quality digital health and supply chain tools, and builds capacity in using them.This include the ongoing development of the free and open-source digital health products Tamanu (electronic health record), Tupaia (data aggregation, analysis and visualisation platform), SENAITE (laboratory information management system), Open mSupply (logistics management information system), and Health Supply Hub (electronic procurement platform).

CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre is supporting the governments of the Philippines and Fiji to adopt national digital health standards and health information exchange systems (interoperability) through the PHR Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP).

The project’s objectives are to improve the ability of both countries’ health systems to share electronic health data in consistent and coordinated ways; and to build local expertise that can further develop and support these digital health systems.

The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) Pacific Health Information Support Hub (PHISH) aims to strengthen the health information management capabilities of Pacific Island Countries (PICs). PHISH provides support at the regional level, as well as working directly with Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu to improve their ability to collect, validate, analyse, and present health data to inform public health policy.

This partnership develops and implement innovative open-source digital health tools suitable for our region, to improve health outcomes in low-resource settings. This includes Open mSupply, Tamanu, Tupaia, Tupaia MediTrak and DataTrak, and the SENAITE Laboratory Information System and Health Supply Hub. These tools enhance healthcare delivery and data management, making health systems more efficient and effective.

Australia has been supporting the Burnet Institute, PNG Institute of Medical Research and PNG National Department of Health to implement the Stronger Surveillance for Vector Borne Pathogens (STRIVE) program in Papua New Guinea since 2018 and is committed to the effective delivery of Phase 2.

Australia is continuing its support for HIV testing and treatment initiatives in Papua New Guinea through the ACTUP-PNG program. 

Tupaia aggregates and visualises data from multiple sources to help improve medicines availability, map disease outbreaks, respond to disasters and strengthen service provision in the Indo-Pacific.