It's #WorldImmunizationWeek and we're delighted to share a new initiative with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in 🇸🇧 - infant swaddle blankets co-designed with community members and printed with immunisation messages for new mothers to act as a reminder for regular and timely routine vaccination!

Breakfast with World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala WHSMelbourne2024

Just 84 days into the job, Dr Piukala is concerned about the low two-dose #measles coverage in the Western Pacific region, the current rise in cases, and the risk of future outbreaks

Climate change will affect all facets of health (including mental health!), and countries that contributed the least to increasing CO2 emissions globally are already experiencing the greatest impacts
Renzo Guinto WHSMelbourne2024

A very powerful presentation Caroline Homer Burnet Institute on advancing equity for women and girls - Often a forgotten agenda but maternal and neonatal mortality have huge impacts on individuals, communities, and socities #WHSMelbourne2024

Very grateful to have been a part of this VicHealth Monash University Australian Global Health Alliance Masterclass - listening to world leaders, learning from esteemed colleagues, and developing new connections with future global health leaders 💪🌏

Great to see the #Pacific representation WHSMelbourne2024
- voices often not heard on the global stage
Dr Lucas de Toca reminds us that 🇵🇬 has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the world, and 🇦🇺 not exempt from challenges like TB

It's been super interesting to work with Dr Nick Scott and the Burnet Institute modelling team with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
support to develop a framework to assess the impact of Outbreak Response Immunisation
➕case study from 🇵🇬 2014 measles outbreak mdpi.com/2079-9721/12/4… Diseases MDPI

Missed the 2024 Ruth Bishop address? Recording available now! Thank you to John Feakes for hosting & @PNGIMR for insights on importance of local health research capability. Must listen for anyone working on health in our region:
indopacifichealthsecurity.dfat.gov.au/ruth-bishop-ad…

Researchers solve an 80-year mystery confirming categorically that mosquitoes transmit Mycobacterium ulcerans, the bacteria that causes #BuruliUlcer , from the environment to humans.🦟
doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne…
Published in Nature Microbiology, led by Tim Stinear

UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Measles vaccination has prevented 56 million deaths globally since 2000, but we are now seeing increased measles cases around the world as immunisation coverage drops. Two 💉💉(ideally in childhood) will protect you for life!
sbs.com.au/news/article/m…

📢It's #InternationalUniversalHealthCoverageDay

🚨Unaffordable💉& its impacts are a🌐issue, especially for LMICS & requires a🌐solution🚨

➡️We're calling for the urgent need to ensure fair pricing for all💉

✍️Call to Action tinyurl.com/485nnfpr
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Amazing work from Joshua Vogel meghan bohren and teams highlighting this huge but often ignored issue #WomensHealth

'It's not a one-size-fits-all approach. It’s about spending the time to work with communities to understand why they can’t specifically access vaccines,' Dr Dr Stefanie Vaccher told ABC News Pacific Beat about reaching unimmunised children in #PNG 💉
Read more 👉burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-…

Today is World Health Organization (WHO) Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action. While Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 (a huge achievement!), some countries in the region 🇵🇬 🇸🇧 are yet to fully roll out the life-saving HPV vaccine

Was so good to be back in PNG for the final SORT-IT workshop! Keep an eye out for the publication series with some excellent and much-needed data on TB outcomes in Morobe, Madang, NCD, Western, West Sepik... 🇵🇬

Stoked to share our growing team's first paper - a systematic review showing the impact of COVID-19 on routine immunisation service delivery and uptake in low- and middle-income countries globally, using the World Health Organization (WHO) health system strengthening building blocks
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Sabin Vaccine Institute

An excellent The Sydney Morning Herald Examine piece from Natassia Chrysanthos on the price women in Australia pay for newer forms of contraception with fewer side effects and what other countries are doing to help foot the bill
smh.com.au/national/1-a-d…

Angela Kelly-Hanku - '<50% of pregnant women in PNG access antenatal care. Need to focus on primary prevention for HIV, on improving access to contraception and on the role of men in access to ANC. Triple Elimination is entirely dependant on attendance of pregnant women at ANC.'

Long awaited update! 🇵🇬 Statistics - PNG has released updated 2021 population numbers using UNFPA @WorldPops Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Australia data and methodologies. More detailed breakdowns also available at the provincial level Maholopa Laveil nso.gov.pg/statistics/pop…