The Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security aims to support PNGIMR to build its role as the lead institution for medical and health systems research in PNG.

The Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Securirty funds specialist technical advisers in the Pacific Community's Public Health Division and supports the regional Field Epidemiology Training Program.

The Global Health Security Agenda facilitates collaborative capacity-building efforts to support countries accelerate development and maintenance of the core capacities required under the WHO International Health Regulations, OIE Performance of Veterinary Services Pathway, and other relevant global health security frameworks.

One of the Centre’s core principles is that health security cannot be achieved without a One Health approach. Approximately 75% of newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses (diseases that can transmit from animals to humans) that result from various anthropogenic, genetic, ecologic, socioeconomic and climatic drivers.

What is One Health?