Report on – 33rd IC Resolution 3: Time to act: Tackling epidemics and pandemics together (33IC/19/R3) – Australia

¿ Ha incorporado el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en los planes estratégicos u operativos pertinentes?

Los compromisos han sido incorporados en
política
plan operativo

A internacional, regional nivel

Explicación:

Australia’s AUD620 million Partnerships for a Healthy Region (PHR) initiative supports Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to build more resilient health systems that are better able to prepare for, prevent and respond to health emergencies, including infectious disease outbreaks.  

Since PHR’s commencement in 2023, Australia has established new partnerships in the Pacific and Southeast Asia to: 

• improve HIV testing and treatment, reduce stigma and discrimination, and lower transmission; 

• increase access to high-quality safe and effective medicines, enhancing health care in communities; 

• improve collection and analysis of health data in the Pacific, so that we better understand community health needs and how to respond to them ; and 

• develop more effective treatments for tuberculosis and help ensure treatments reach those who need them. 

  Through PHR’s work with Australian Red Cross, we are: 

• strengthening community engagement to support communicable disease prevention and preparedness, including community-based surveillance; delivering enhanced data for decision making; 

• conducting community-led vector control, vaccine risk communication and outbreak response; and 

• enhancing the One Health approach at the primary health level in in Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. 

Australia also supports the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist global efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics. This includes work to mitigate the risk of future pandemics, such as strengthening national health systems and developing more coordinated responses to emerging disease threats in our region.  

Australia is also strengthening regional response capacity through our support to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop vaccines for known high-risk infectious diseases, and to increase the strength, availability and use of public health data for decision-making. 

The Australian Government is translating lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and contributing to meaningful reforms to global health architecture. This includes Australia’s active engagement in negotiations on a new international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response under the auspices of the World Health Organisation. 

Ha trabajado el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución con otros asociados para poner en práctica los empeños contenidos en esta resolución?

En asociación con:
Sociedad Nacional de la Cruz Roja o de la Media Luna Roja de su país
gobierno y/o autoridades públicas
asociados en los ámbitos humanitario y de desarrollo (por ejemplo, Naciones Unidas, organizaciones no gubernamentales)

Ejemplos de cooperación:

Our contributions to the WHO (AUD100 million), Pandemic Fund, COVAX and CEPI support a coordinated and predictable approach to infectious disease outbreaks through investments. 

Our current program with the Australian Red Cross builds on five years of Australian Red Cross support to Pacific National Society partners to strengthen community epidemic preparedness and response capacity. We are leveraging the unique reach and relationships with Pacific country governments of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement to strengthen communities’ ability to detect and contain infectious disease outbreaks. 

¿Ha habido dificultades para poner en práctica los empeños contenidos en esta resolución?

¿Han incidido los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en el trabajo y la dirección del Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución?

Tipo de repercusión:
fortalecimiento de la cooperación entre el gobierno o las autoridades públicas y la Sociedad Nacional
formación y capacidad de los miembros del personal y de los voluntarios (en el caso de las Sociedades Nacionales);

Describa detalladamente las repercusiones:

Australia is committed to ensuring a predictable and coordinated approach to epidemics and pandemics by supporting countries in our region to strengthen capacities under the International Health Regulations (2005), including through supporting Australian and regional National Red Cross Societies to work with communities to improve disease outbreak detection on the front line.

5. Han incidido los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en las comunidades a las que el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución presta servicios?

Describa las repercusiones:

The PHR initiative helps build resilient and equitable health systems in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, supporting partner countries to reduce disease risks, burdens and respond effectively to health emergencies.