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.

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. 

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.

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?