Reflections from Dr Stephanie Williams and Dr Lucas de Toca, Australia’s new Ambassador for Global Health
In 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 f...
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20 of 76 episodesTraining health care workers in PNG and Solomon Islands through the Field Epidemiology in Action program
In today’s episode of Contain This, we feature the Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) program, which trains field epidemiologists in Papua...
From the field: Supporting health outcomes in Vanuatu through DFAT’s Australian Volunteers Program
The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government-funded initiative that supports global volunteering across the Pacific, Asia,...
The state of gender equality in global health: A deep dive into the 6th Global Health 50/50 report
Launched earlier this year, the sixth Global Health 50/50 report focussed for the first time on sexual and reproductive health and rights (S...
Revolutionising access to digital menstrual health information for girls: Oky app
"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 t...
‘Bad medicines’: The fight to stamp out substandard and falsified medicines in the Indo-Pacific
What are ‘bad medicines’? How do they make it onto our shelves? And what is being done to address substandard and falsified medicines in the...
A conversation with Sir Jeremy Farrar, WHO’s new Chief Scientist
Our guest this week is Sir Jeremy Farrar, the World Health Organization’s new Chief Scientist, who took up the role earlier this year. As Ch...
The importance of civil society in pandemic preparedness. A conversation with Carolyn Reynolds from the Pandemic Action Network
Our guest this week is Carolyn Reynolds, Co-founder of the Pandemic Action Network (PAN). In this episode we discuss how Carolyn’s involveme...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Paul Mitchell, Save the Children (Part 2)
Welcome to the second part of our insights from the Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Climate, Health...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Professor Kathryn Bowen, University of Melbourne (Part 1)
The Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently presented the second of its Health and Development Semina...
Empowering community leaders to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines through the vaccine champions programme
In this week’s episode, we bring you a panel discussion on how the vaccine champions programme has empowered community leaders to advocate f...
What is the current status of the malaria epidemic? A conversation with Dr James Kelley from WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Our guest this week is Dr James Kelley, Team Lead for Malaria and Vector-borne Diseases in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific R...
Advancing women's sexual reproductive rights in Vietnam – Hang Nguyen, MSI Reproductive Choices
Our guest this week is Ms Hang Nguyen, the Vietnam Country Director for MSI Reproductive Choices, formerly Marie Stopes International. With...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Villaney Remengesau, Pacific Disability Forum (Part 2)
In this second episode of our two-part series on disability and healthy equity, our guest this week is Villaney Remengesau, based in Palau,...
A conversation with WHO’s new Chief Nursing Officer, Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu
Our guest this week is Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu, the World Health Organization’s new Chief Nursing Officer. Dr Amelia was the Kingd...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Darryl Barrett, WHO (Part 1)
Our guest this week is Darryl Barrett, technical lead for disability with the World Health Organization in Geneva, who joins us to discuss t...
Coordinating multidisciplinary, rapid support for outbreak response – a conversation with Dr Sharon Salmon, GOARN
Our guest this week is Dr Sharon Salmon, technical officer for the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), hosted by the World H...
Annual Ruth Bishop Address 2022
We are proud to present the 2022 Annual Ruth Bishop Address. Professor Ruth Bishop AC led a team of researchers to the landmark discovery of...
How is One Health being approached in the Pacific? A conversation with Dr Salanieta Saketa
This week we continue our analysis of One Health, bringing you a discussion about how One Health approaches are being advanced in the Pacifi...
Making the case for a One Health approach: From the 7th World One Health Congress in Singapore
From the seventh World One Health Congress held earlier this month in Singapore, we bring you this conversation with Dr Osman Dar and Dr Cat...