Australia’s partnership with World Mosquito Program (WMP) will enhance national resilience to dengue, Zika, and chikungunya by deploying the evidence-based Wolbachia intervention in Dili (Timor-Leste), South Tarawa (Kiribati), and five high-burden Indonesian cities, in alignment with Indonesia’s National Strategic Plan for Dengue Control.
The Asia Pacific Consortium of Veterinary Epidemiology (APCOVE) was established in 2020 to build veterinary epidemiology capacity across the Asia Pacific region. Led by the University of Sydney, APCOVE brings together over 50 animal health experts from all veterinary schools in Australia and New Zealand, and eight partner countries: Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
Australia is supporting the second phase of the Sydney Asia-Pacific Partnership for Health Innovations and Resilient Ecosystems (SAPPHIRE) to expand beyond Fiji, Kiribati and Vietnam and into Cambodia. In partnership with the University of Sydney, SAPPHIRE emphasises community participation, infectious and chronic disease control, health system strengthening, One Health adoption, climate change adaptation, and GEDSI integration for regional health security.
NCIRS is harnessing the collective skills of Australian Regional Immunisation Alliance (ARIA) members to support Ministries of Health and other key partners to strengthen immunisation programs across our region. ARIA is comprised of more than 65 experts and over 10 affiliated organisations, and works collaboratively with other agencies, including the WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi.
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.
IVCC develops innovative vector control tools to guard against malaria and dengue-carrying mosquitoes. With DFAT support, IVCC will expand a vector control toolbox tailored to Indo-Pacific contexts, better equipping countries to prevent and manage outbreaks and ultimately eliminate Vector Borne Diseases.
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Australia’s partnership with James Cook University (JCU) is supporting Pacific Island Countries and areas (PICs) to combat mosquito-borne diseases and improve community health and well-being through strengthened mosquito surveillance and control. JCU manages the Pacific Mosquito Surveillance Strengthening for Impact (PacMOSSI) consortium, which supports PICs to prevent, control and contain diseases such as dengue, malaria, Chikungunya and Zika.
The PAC-EVIPP+ program goal is to link partners and programs across the Pacific and Southeast Asia regions for a strong and integrated applied epidemiology workforce. Its main objective is to build and support a strong field epidemiology community through advanced learning pathways, multi-sectoral collaboration, and networks for effective response to health security and public health threats.
Australia is advancing regional health security through the University of Newcastle Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) program, supporting public health systems in Papua
The Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) is a high-level initiative for collective action to eliminate malaria across Asia and the Pacific by 2030.