Contain This: The Latest in Global Health Security
99 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Produced for the Australian Government's Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, this fortnightly podcast will bring you insightful information and updates on what is shaping the future of global health.
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Reflections from Dr Stephanie Williams and Dr Lucas de Toca, Australia’s new Ambassador for Global Health
December 19, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn the final episode of Contain This this season, we are joined by Australia’s Ambassador for Global Health, Dr Lucas de Toca PSM, and the former Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Dr Stephanie Williams, to reflect on how Australia delivers assistance for health in our region and what they see as the key challenges and priorities. They discuss how Australia’s role in supporting our region to build resilient, equitable health systems has changed over the COVID-19 pandemic, the new Inte...
Training health care workers in PNG and Solomon Islands through the Field Epidemiology in Action program
November 02, 2023 01:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn today’s episode of Contain This, we feature the Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) program, which trains field epidemiologists in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to strengthen outbreak detection and response through partnership and workforce development. The FEiA program, supported by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, is currently training up to 42 staff in PNG and Solomon Islands to conduct surveillance and implement public health interventions to help health authoritie...
From the field: Supporting health outcomes in Vanuatu through DFAT’s Australian Volunteers Program
October 13, 2023 09:00 - 9 minutes - 6.9 MBThe Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government-funded initiative that supports global volunteering across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change and the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. In this episode of Contain This, we bring you a story of how one Australian volunteer helped to support health outcomes in Vanuatu, working with the Ministry of Health in Port Vila, supported by the Australian Volunteers Program. Chris Coles has recently...
The state of gender equality in global health: A deep dive into the 6th Global Health 50/50 report
October 01, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBLaunched earlier this year, the sixth Global Health 50/50 report focussed for the first time on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the workplace ranging from menstruation, abortion and menopause, to antenatal care and caring responsibilities. Our guests on this episode are the founders of Global Health 50/50, Professor Sarah Hawkes and Professor Kent Buse. In this episode, we discuss the latest Global Health 50/50 report, its findings, and where Sarah and Kent have seen ...
Revolutionising access to digital menstrual health information for girls: Oky app
September 17, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB"I want to know what to do when I get my first period and what changes to expect during puberty, so I feel prepared, assured and confident to manage them.” – Oky user Girls have important questions about their health, and often they don’t know where to turn to find trusted, culturally sensitive information about their menstrual, sexual and reproductive health. UNICEF’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Office saw a need to close this gender digital divide and set forth to develop Oky – the wo...
‘Bad medicines’: The fight to stamp out substandard and falsified medicines in the Indo-Pacific
September 11, 2023 01:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBWhat are ‘bad medicines’? How do they make it onto our shelves? And what is being done to address substandard and falsified medicines in the Indo-Pacific? In this week’s episode, we delve into the ongoing problem of ‘bad medicines’, otherwise known as substandard and falsified medicines. Our guest is Dr. Paul Huleatt, strategic partnerships and programme implementation lead at the international regulatory branch of the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Based in Singapore, Dr Huleatt works...
A conversation with Sir Jeremy Farrar, WHO’s new Chief Scientist
August 22, 2023 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBOur guest this week is Sir Jeremy Farrar, the World Health Organization’s new Chief Scientist, who took up the role earlier this year. As Chief Scientist, Dr Farrar oversees WHO’s science division, bringing together the best brains in science and innovation from around the world. Prior to joining WHO, Dr Farrar was the director of the Wellcome Trust, and prior to that he served as the director of the Oxford Clinical Research Unit at the hospital for tropical diseases in Vietnam for 17 y...
The importance of civil society in pandemic preparedness. A conversation with Carolyn Reynolds from the Pandemic Action Network
August 03, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBOur guest this week is Carolyn Reynolds, Co-founder of the Pandemic Action Network (PAN). In this episode we discuss how Carolyn’s involvement in the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa led her to co-found PAN; and what PAN works to achieve, particularly in the lead up to the high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response later this year. We also discuss: Some of PAN’s accomplishments responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing future pandemics. T...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Paul Mitchell, Save the Children (Part 2)
July 21, 2023 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBWelcome to the second part of our insights from the Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Climate, Health and International Development Seminar. The seminar explored the impacts of climate change and health, its relevance to health policy and programming in the Australian aid program, and how to build climate adaptation into health programs throughout the aid cycle, from concept and design, to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It was supported by t...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Professor Kathryn Bowen, University of Melbourne (Part 1)
July 12, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently presented the second of its Health and Development Seminar Series: Climate Change, Health and International Development, supported by the Specialist Health Service (SHS). The seminar explored the impacts of climate change and health, its relevance to health policy and programming in the Australian aid program, and how to build climate adaptation into health programs throughout the aid cycle, from concept an...
Empowering community leaders to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines through the vaccine champions programme
June 29, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this week’s episode, we bring you a panel 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 known as Vaccine Champions, which was developed in Victoria, Australia and has recently been rolled out in Fiji and Vietnam. On the panel: Sr Litiana Volavola, National Progr...
What is the current status of the malaria epidemic? A conversation with Dr James Kelley from WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific
June 08, 2023 01:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBOur guest this week is Dr James Kelley, Team Lead for Malaria and Vector-borne Diseases in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Regional Office. In honour of World Malaria Day 2023, Dr Kelley describes the status of the epidemic globally and in the Indo-Pacific Region. We also discuss: Getting the Global Technical Strategy target of reducing global malaria incidence and mortality rates by at least 90% by 2030 back on track. Recent developments in malaria prevention technologie...
Advancing women's sexual reproductive rights in Vietnam – Hang Nguyen, MSI Reproductive Choices
May 23, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBOur guest this week is Ms Hang Nguyen, the Vietnam Country Director for MSI Reproductive Choices, formerly Marie Stopes International. With almost 9000 staff working across 37 countries, MSI works to ensure that reproductive choice is possible through access to advice, contraception, and safe abortion. Hang has held the position of Vietnam Country Director for MSI for 18 years. She has been recognised by the Ministry of Health and the international NGO community in Vietnam for her leade...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Villaney Remengesau, Pacific Disability Forum (Part 2)
May 12, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this second episode of our two-part series on disability and healthy equity, our guest this week is Villaney Remengesau, based in Palau, who is the co-chair of the Pacific Disability Forum. Lany is a dedicated advocate for disability rights and inclusion across the Pacific. She was recently awarded the Disability Pasifika Award – the highest award for a person with a disability who has made a valuable contribution to the work in the region. To complement Part One of this series with Da...
A conversation with WHO’s new Chief Nursing Officer, Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu
April 28, 2023 02:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBOur guest this week is Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu, the World Health Organization’s new Chief Nursing Officer. Dr Amelia was the Kingdom of Tonga’s first female Minister for Health and the first Tongan to receive a Ph.D. in Nursing. Her previous roles also include Chief Nursing Officer of Tonga and Director of Nursing at Vaiola Hospital. Dr Amelia took up her role at the WHO earlier this year. In this episode we discuss: Dr Amelia’s initial priorities in her new role. Pivotal mom...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Darryl Barrett, WHO (Part 1)
April 20, 2023 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBOur guest this week is Darryl Barrett, technical lead for disability with the World Health Organization in Geneva, who joins us to discuss the WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities. The report was released in December 2022, 10 years after the publishing of the World Report on Disability in 2011. An estimated 1.3 billion people (16% of the global population) currently experience a significant disability. The WHO report highlights that while some progress has been m...
Coordinating multidisciplinary, rapid support for outbreak response – a conversation with Dr Sharon Salmon, GOARN
April 05, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBOur guest this week is Dr Sharon Salmon, technical officer for the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), hosted by the World Health Organization. GOARN is a network of over 250 technical institutions and networks globally that respond to acute public health events with the deployment of staff and resources to affected countries. Dr. Salmon is based at the Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO working in the emergency management operations of the World Health Emergencies Progr...
Annual Ruth Bishop Address 2022
November 29, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBWe are proud to present the 2022 Annual Ruth Bishop Address. Professor Ruth Bishop AC led a team of researchers to the landmark discovery of rotavirus in 1973, a major breakthrough in tackling one of the most significant causes of infant mortality worldwide. The team’s discovery kick-started the successful 30-year endeavour to develop a rotavirus vaccine. In 2019, the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security established an annual health security address, named in honour of the Australian sc...
Annual Ruth Bishop Address 2022
November 29, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBWe are proud to present the 2022 Annual Ruth Bishop Address. Professor Ruth Bishop AC led a team of researchers to the landmark discovery of rotavirus in 1973, a major breakthrough in tackling one of the most significant causes of infant mortality worldwide. The team’s discovery kick-started the successful 30-year endeavour to develop a rotavirus vaccine. In 2019, the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security established an annual health security address, named in honour of the Australian sc...
How is One Health being approached in the Pacific? A conversation with Dr Salanieta Saketa
November 28, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBThis week we continue our analysis of One Health, bringing you a discussion about how One Health approaches are being advanced in the Pacific with Dr Salanieta Taka Saketa. Dr Sala is a Senior Epidemiologist in the public health division of the Pacific community (SPC). We discuss how priorities vary in different Pacific country contexts, the application of One Health to noncommunicable diseases, the intersection between One Health and gender and what needs to be done to strengthen the One H...
Making the case for a One Health approach: From the 7th World One Health Congress in Singapore
November 23, 2022 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBFrom the seventh World One Health Congress held earlier this month in Singapore, we bring you this conversation with Dr Osman Dar and Dr Catherine Machalaba, both members of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel. In this episode, we explore what One Health is, approaches in practice, including addressing Nipah virus in Malaysia, how the value of One Health interventions can be measured, finishing with some causes of concern when it comes to realising One Health—and where there is room for ...
The state of universal health coverage in Southeast Asia and the Pacific post-pandemic. A panel with the World Bank.
October 26, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode we’re joined by a panel of experts from the World Bank to discuss universal health coverage in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Panellists: Dr Toomas Palu, Adviser on Global Coordination at the World Bank's Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice (Geneva, Switzerland) Dr Aparnaa Somanathan, Practice Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population for the East Asia Pacific region (Sydney, Australia) Dr Wayne Irava, Health Specialist (Honiara, Solomon Islands) Chind...
A rights-based perspective: Addressing gender equality in global health security - Dr Shubha Nagesh, Women in Global Health
October 19, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBThis week’s guest is Dr Shubha Nagesh, a medical doctor and a public health physician in India. She is currently the chapter development manager for Asia Pacific and the Middle East at Women in Global Health, where her work focuses on gender transformative leadership. In this episode, we talk about the importance of gender equality to health security, including the disproportionate impact of infectious diseases on women and gender equality, and how health security can take a more gender res...
Developing a fit-for-purpose Covid-19 vaccine programme in Papua New Guinea: A conversation with Mr Api Kassman
September 20, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBVaccine hesitancy has been a particular challenge for governments and health teams around the world as COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out. In Papua New Guinea, a country still seeking to embed a system of routine childhood vaccinations, the rollout presented a challenge for the health workforce. Our guest this week is Mr Api Kassman, Executive Director of the National Vaccine Task Force in Papua New Guinea. We discuss his involvement in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in PNG and how the co...
Who is funding R&D for emerging infectious diseases? Dr Paul Barnsley, Policy Cures Research
July 21, 2022 01:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBLast month at the Global Health Security Conference in Singapore, Policy Cures Research launched their second edition of the Landscape of Emerging Infectious Disease Research and Development funding report, supported by the Australian Government. Our guest this week is Dr Paul Barnsley, Senior Analyst at Policy Cures Research, and the lead author of the report, who joins us to talk about its key findings. We discuss how R&D funding for Ebola ultimately led to success in creating a stable...
Towards resilience: Professor Mika Salminen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
July 14, 2022 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBAs the global health community continues to examine how prepared we were for a pandemic, this week’s episode asks – how can we move the conversation forward to future resilience, and what systems can be put in place to ensure we can withstand future pandemics? Our guest this week is Professor Mika Salminen, the Director of Health Security at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. We discuss the World Health Organization’s Joint External Evaluations (JEEs) and States Parties Annual Re...
Redesigning systems to focus on people, not pathogens: A conversation with Dr Fifa Rahman and Dr Bill Bill Rodriguez
June 15, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAs we move from COVID-19 as a pandemic, to COVID-19 as a virus, this week’s episode asks – what did we learn about pandemic response as a global health community? In particular, what did we learn about applying a global health response in middle- and low-economically developed countries? And what can we do better next time? Our guests this week are Dr Bill Rodriguez, the Chief Executive Officer of FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, and Dr Fifa Rahman, the Principal Consultant at Mat...
Redesigning systems to focus on people, not pathogens: A conversation with Dr Fifa Rahman and Dr Bill Rodriguez
June 15, 2022 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAs we move from COVID-19 as a pandemic, to COVID-19 as a virus, this week’s episode asks – what did we learn about pandemic response as a global health community? In particular, what did we learn about applying a global health response in middle- and low-economically developed countries? And what can we do better next time? Our guests this week are Dr Bill Rodriguez, the Chief Executive Officer of FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, and Dr Fifa Rahman, the Principal Consultant at Mat...
Discussions from the Future Funding Priorities in Health Security in the Indo-Pacific Roundtables: A conversation with Professor Jodie McVernon, The Doherty Institute
June 01, 2022 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBThe Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security has begun a series of roundtables across the country on Future Funding Priorities. At the recent roundtable in Melbourne Robin Davies, First Assistant Secretary of the Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Head of the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, spoke to Professor Jodie McVernon, the Director of Epidemiology at the The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. Professor McVernon has bec...
Australia’s Partnership for Human Development in Timor Leste: A conversation with Armandina Gusmao Amaral
May 03, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBAustralian Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Stephanie Williams, is back on the road to meet with Australia’s partners in the region and learn about how they have fared during the pandemic. On today’s episode, Ambassador Williams speaks to Armandina Gusmao Amaral, the Program Director at the Partnership for Human Development. Mana Dina is a stalwart of public health and development in Timor Leste, having worked with AusAID, then the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade since 2004...
“We’re trying to stop people getting sick”: A conversation about preventing, containing and treating a pandemic with infectious disease specialist and an epidemiologist, Professor Allen Cheng
April 19, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBToday’s episode features Professor Allen Cheng, the Director of the Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology unit at Alfred Health, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at Monash University and the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Vaccines to the Therapeutic Goods Administration and an infectious diseases physician. He is also known to many for his year-long secondment as the Deputy Chief Health Officer of Victoria from July 2020 – June 2021. As Professor Cheng says in t...
World Health Day 2022: Health and wellbeing in Fiji with Dr James Fong, Permanent Secretary, and Dr Aalisha Sahukhan, Head of Health Protection, Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services
April 05, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBWorld Health Day this Thursday, 7 April will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being. After two years of a global pandemic, it’s a time to reflect on the fact that the health of our planet and the health of our people are inextricably connected. The WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. Our region, the...
World Health Day 2022: Health and wellbeing in Fiji with Dr James Fong, Permanent Secretary, and Dr Aalisha Sahukhan, Head of Health Protection, Fijian Ministry of Health and Medical Services
April 05, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBWorld Health Day this Thursday, 7 April will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being. After two years of a global pandemic, it’s a time to reflect on the fact that the health of our planet and the health of our people are inextricably connected. The WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. Our region, the...
Marking World Tuberculosis Day with Dr Mel Spigelman, Dr Margaret Kal from PNG and Dr Philipp du Cros
March 22, 2022 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBThis Thursday, 24 March is World Tuberculosis Day. An estimated 9.9 million people fell ill with TB in 2020 and 1.5 million people died from the disease. TB continues to be a blight in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Kiribati and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Papua New Guinea bears the largest burden of disease in the Pacific, including a heavy burden of multidrug-resistant TB. In 2020 almost 30,000 cases were notified there, including 600 case...
Celebrating women in public health: A special discussion with Beverly Kirk, the Executive Director of JOURNEY, at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. for International Women’s Day 2022
March 10, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBThe theme for International Women's Day 2022 is "Gender equality today for a sustainable world tomorrow." Women and girls in the Indo-Pacific region are at the forefront of dealing with the effects of climate affected disasters – from natural disasters to pandemics. They are also leading the charge on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, and building a more sustainable future for all. To celebrate International Women’s Day this week, we are presentin...
How the International Health Regulations shaped the global response to COVID-19: A conversation with Australian expert Dr Alex Phelan from Georgetown University
March 08, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBAt the centre of the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a set of public health obligations called the International Health Regulations (IHR). The IHR is a legally-binding instrument designed to help the international community prevent and respond to acute public health risks that have the potential to cross borders and threaten people worldwide. They include specific obligations for the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern i...
Episode 2: “You can’t over-invest in public health”: A conversation with Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer of Victoria
February 15, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, not many Australians could tell you who the state’s Chief Health Officer was. In this episode we talk to Professor Brett Sutton, the Chief Health Officer of Victoria, who in the last two years has become one of the most recognisable figures in Australian public health. We ask Professor Sutton about how the Victorian government has worked with marginalised populations and diverse subgroups during the pandemic, and what they have learnt along the way. Profes...
A “no-regrets” policy for pandemic preparedness and response: A conversation with White House advisor Beth Cameron
January 31, 2022 22:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBOne thing we know about the COVID-19 pandemic is that not one state or organisation was adequately prepared for a health crisis of this scale. So, what have we learnt in the last two years about pandemic preparedness? How can states and global health organisations put in place the capacities to respond quickly to a fast-moving threat, and to cooperate across government to be able to prevent, detect and respond swiftly? In our first episode of 2022 we talk to Beth Cameron, Senior Director f...
Bhutan: Malaria Elimination and COVID-19 Vaccination Challenges
December 17, 2021 03:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBThe latest episode in our Indo-Pacific Health Leaders series features Dr Karma Lhazeen, Director of the Department of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Bhutan in conversation with Ambassador Stephanie Williams. Dr Lhazeen is a tropical medicine specialist, working as a malaria control program manger before becoming chief of the communicable disease division. Since March this year, she has served as the Chair of the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Wo...
Ruth Bishop Lecture 2021 Dr Sarthak Das APLMA
December 10, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government housed at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We are proud to present our Annual Ruth Bishop Lecture, with Dr Sarthak Das APLMA. Dr Sarthak Das is the Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance. Sarthak joined APLMA from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and continues to hold a position as Senior Advisor for rese...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Ari Probandari and Dr Virginia Wiseman
December 06, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBWelcome to Contain This brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Center for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government housed at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Today's episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Center. In today's episode, Francette speaks to Dr. Ari Probandari and Dr. Virginia Wiseman, from the PINTAR study, which is protecting Indonesia from the threat of antimicrobial resistance. PINTAR was launched in 2018 and focuses on combati...
Innovations in HIV Response in PNG
November 30, 2021 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. As we mark World AIDS Day on December 1, we bring you the story of one of our projects. The ACTUP-PNG project is founded on a long-term partnership with affected communities. In this episode, we discuss the exciting things the program is doing, with ACTUP's three Principal Investigators, Dr Janet Gare, head of the Se...
WISH Fiji: Building resilient watersheds and healthy communities in the Pacific, Part 2.
November 17, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Centre. In today's episode, Francette speaks to members of the WISH Fiji Project Team. She is joined by the Chief Investigator for the project, Dr. Aaron Jenkins, Senior Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the University of Sydney and Edith Cowan Univer...
WISH Fiji: Building resilient watersheds and healthy communities in the Pacific, Part 2.
November 17, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Centre. In today's episode, Francette speaks to members of the WISH Fiji Project Team. She is joined by the Chief Investigator for the project, Dr. Aaron Jenkins, Senior Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the University of Sydney and Edith Cowan Univer...
WISH Fiji: Multi-sectoral Approaches to Improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in the Pacific
November 08, 2021 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo Pacific Center for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Centre. In today's episode, Francette speaks to members of the WISH Fiji Project Team. She is joined by the Chief Investigator for the project, Dr. Aaron Jenkins, Senior Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the University of Sydney and Edith Cowan Unive...
Covid-19 and V-RESIST in Vietnam
October 15, 2021 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Centre. In today’s episode, we speak to Dr Thu Anh Nguyen. Dr Thu Anh Nguyen is an infectious diseases and public health researcher. Her research focuses on detection and treatment of tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B and C, and more recently, Covid-19. You may recall we ...
Covid-19 and V-RESIST in Vietnam
October 15, 2021 02:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This episode is hosted by Francette Dusan, Senior Advisor at the Centre. In today’s episode, we speak to Dr Thu Anh Nguyen. Dr Thu Anh Nguyen is an infectious diseases and public health researcher. Her research focuses on detection and treatment of tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis B and C, and more recently, Covid-19. You may recall we ...
100-day vaccine development – can it happen before the next pandemic? Dr Richard Hatchett, CEPI
August 10, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBSARS has a mortality rate of 20-30 times of COVID. For the next pandemic what will we do? Head of the Centre Robin Davies talks with Richard Hatchett from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) about the work they are doing with the support of Australia and other countries to invest in research, production and distribution of vaccines to fight MERS, SARS and COVID. What are lessons for responding to emerging infectious diseases and the growing threat they pose to global h...
Community preparedness and response in Indonesia - Eka Wulan Cahyasari, Indonesian Red Cross
July 28, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB“Preparedness is always better than response.” Indonesia is currently suffering another wave of COVID-19, in addition to 10 other major infectious diseases. In this episode we talk with Eka Wulan Cahyasari from the Indonesian Red Cross Society about how, with the support of the Centre, they are drawing upon existing pandemic preparedness tools and influential community volunteer networks to support surveillance, vaccine hesitancy programs and community resilience in the face of challenging ...
WISH Fiji: Building resilient watersheds and healthy communities in the Pacific
July 16, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBHow can we build community resilience in the face of both natural and man-made disasters that impact on our water and sanitation systems, our environment, and some of the world’s deadliest waterbourne diseases? Community-led watershed interventions can both reduce water-related disease risks and improve downstream ecosystem conditions supporting the foundations for overall systems health. This episode talks with Fiji’s Ministry of Health, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University...