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02/05/2024

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26/07/2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to transparency around the pandemic accord negotiations. See their newsletter here:

➡️ https://inb.who.int/docs/librariesprovider13/default-document-library/newsletter-of-the-inb-and-wgihr-bureaux-july-2023.pdf?sfvrsn=ff02ac64_8

26/07/2023

New podcast alert! 🚨

In Part 2 of our deep dive into Climate, Health & International Development, we sat down with Save the Children Australia's Paul Mitchell to talk about the financing and implementation challenges of integrating climate and health work.

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24/07/2023

In our latest episode of Contain This, hear from Professor Kathryn Bowen, the Australian Lead Author of the Human Health chapter of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.



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18/07/2023

Join UNAIDS Asia Pacific on Wednesday 19 July at 4pm AEST for the launch of the 2023 Global AIDS Update.

Register for free: https://unaids.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtfuyorj4iGdb8LoHYpuQPbTp-ZqtV8_Tx #/registration

14/07/2023

The Australia Government is proud to be partnering with the Indonesian Government in its ongoing fight to achieve malaria elimination for the entire country by 2026.
Australian Embassy - Jakarta, Indonesia

Congratulations🎉 to Kementerian Kesehatan RI and partners whose efforts helped make , , , , and malaria free this year🚫🦟🌏

🇮🇩 continues to to eliminate malaria by 2026.

13/07/2023

On the latest episode of our Contain This podcast, we hear from Professor Kathryn Bowen, Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures and Professor of Environment, Climate and Global Health at The University of Melbourne.

She brings us her unique perspective as the Australian Lead Author of the Human Health chapter of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

Kathryn talks about how Australia can support our Pacific neighbours to better understand climate-related impacts on health.



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05/07/2023

Applications for the 2023 APEC-Australia Women in Research Fellowship are now open!

This program by the Australian Government in partnership with RMIT University aims to support the professional development of women researchers while contributing to regional economic integration and prosperity.

Don’t miss this opportunity to advance your career and join the cohort of outstanding women in from across the Asia-Pacific!

Eligible countries include: People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

For more info, visit:

Applications close on 16 July 2023.

Providing financial support for high-achieving female researchers from developing APEC economies.

03/07/2023

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government funded initiative which supports health professionals to work with partner organisations to boost health services available to people in our region. Learn more at www.australianvolunteers.com.

30/06/2023

In this week’s episode of Contain This podcast, we bring you a discussion on how the Vaccine Champions programme has empowered community leaders to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines in Australia, Vietnam, and Fiji.

You will hear from three vaccination experts and leaders who are all involved in an innovative behavioural change programme which was developed in Victoria, Australia and has recently been rolled out in our region.

Our guests are:
- Sister Litiana Volavola, National Program Manager for the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and Supply Chain and Fiji COVID-19 Vaccination Team Lead
- Professor Thu Anh Nguyen from the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Vietnam
- Professor Margie Danchin, Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Australia in Fiji Australian Embassy, Vietnam Murdoch Children's Research Institute - MCRI

29/06/2023

Exciting progress in research!
The latest vaccine trial has demonstrated promising outcomes. It triggered a strong immune response in almost all vaccinated individuals.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00641-4/fulltext

Graphic: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

27/06/2023

is one of the most urgent human health priorities.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever global research agenda for combating antimicrobial resistance .
With 40 key research topics, this agenda aims to address urgent health priorities and save lives.

WHO has published its first global research agenda for the world’s scientists to address the most urgent human health priorities to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR).