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

Australia’s partnership with UNAIDS is strengthening HIV programs in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Indonesia. The initiative will accelerate the uptake of new HIV prevention and treatment solutions, and enhance community leadership in advocacy, policy and programming for an inclusive HIV response. 

ASTEROID will develop and deliver a program of training materials to strengthen infection prevention and control in health facilities in Timor-Leste.

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.