Contain This: The Latest in Global Health Security
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Reflections from Dr Stephanie Williams and Dr Lucas de Toca, Australia’s new Ambassador for Global Health
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 former Am...
Training health care workers in PNG and Solomon Islands through the Field Epidemiology in Action program
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of Contain This, we feature the Field Epidemiology in Action (FEiA) program, which trains field epidemiologists in Papua New Guin...
From the field: Supporting health outcomes in Vanuatu through DFAT’s Australian Volunteers Program
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government-funded initiative that supports global volunteering across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa...
The state of gender equality in global health: A deep dive into the 6th Global Health 50/50 report
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Launched earlier this year, the sixth Global Health 50/50 report focussed for the first time on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in th...
Revolutionising access to digital menstrual health information for girls: Oky app
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"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 man...
‘Bad medicines’: The fight to stamp out substandard and falsified medicines in the Indo-Pacific
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Indo-...
A conversation with Sir Jeremy Farrar, WHO’s new Chief Scientist
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Chief Sc...
The importance of civil society in pandemic preparedness. A conversation with Carolyn Reynolds from the Pandemic Action Network
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Carolyn Reynolds, Co-founder of the Pandemic Action Network (PAN). In this episode we discuss how Carolyn’s involvement in t...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Paul Mitchell, Save the Children (Part 2)
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second part of our insights from the Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Climate, Health and Inte...
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Professor Kathryn Bowen, University of Melbourne (Part 1)
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Health Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently presented the second of its Health and Development Seminar Series: ...
Empowering community leaders to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines through the vaccine champions programme
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we bring you a panel discussion on how the vaccine champions programme has empowered community leaders to advocate for COVID...
What is the current status of the malaria epidemic? A conversation with Dr James Kelley from WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Dr James Kelley, Team Lead for Malaria and Vector-borne Diseases in the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Regional ...
Advancing women's sexual reproductive rights in Vietnam – Hang Nguyen, MSI Reproductive Choices
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Ms Hang Nguyen, the Vietnam Country Director for MSI Reproductive Choices, formerly Marie Stopes International. With almost 90...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Villaney Remengesau, Pacific Disability Forum (Part 2)
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 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...
A conversation with WHO’s new Chief Nursing Officer, Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Dr Amelia Afuhaʻamango Tuʻipulotu, the World Health Organization’s new Chief Nursing Officer. Dr Amelia was the Kingdom o...
Progressing health equity for persons with disabilities – Darryl Barrett, WHO (Part 1)
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Darryl Barrett, technical lead for disability with the World Health Organization in Geneva, who joins us to discuss the WHO Glo...
Coordinating multidisciplinary, rapid support for outbreak response – a conversation with Dr Sharon Salmon, GOARN
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Dr Sharon Salmon, technical officer for the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), hosted by the World Health Orga...
Annual Ruth Bishop Address 2022
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 rotavirus ...
How is One Health being approached in the Pacific? A conversation with Dr Salanieta Saketa
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This 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 ...
Making the case for a One Health approach: From the 7th World One Health Congress in Singapore
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the seventh World One Health Congress held earlier this month in Singapore, we bring you this conversation with Dr Osman Dar and Dr Catherine Mac...
The state of universal health coverage in Southeast Asia and the Pacific post-pandemic. A panel with the World Bank.
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 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. Pa...
A rights-based perspective: Addressing gender equality in global health security - Dr Shubha Nagesh, Women in Global Health
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This 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...
Developing a fit-for-purpose Covid-19 vaccine programme in Papua New Guinea: A conversation with Mr Api Kassman
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccine hesitancy has been a particular challenge for governments and health teams around the world as COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out. In Papu...
Who is funding R&D for emerging infectious diseases? Dr Paul Barnsley, Policy Cures Research
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last month at the Global Health Security Conference in Singapore, Policy Cures Research launched their second edition of the Landscape of Emerging Inf...
Towards resilience: Professor Mika Salminen, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the global health community continues to examine how prepared we were for a pandemic, this week’s episode asks – how can we move the conversati...
Redesigning systems to focus on people, not pathogens: A conversation with Dr Fifa Rahman and Dr Bill Rodriguez
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As 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 h...
Discussions from the Future Funding Priorities in Health Security in the Indo-Pacific Roundtables: A conversation with Professor Jodie McVernon, The Doherty Institute
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security has begun a series of roundtables across the country on Future Funding Priorities. At the recent roundtab...
Australia’s Partnership for Human Development in Timor Leste: A conversation with Armandina Gusmao Amaral
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Australian Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Stephanie Williams, is back on the road to meet with Australia’s partners in the region and lear...
“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
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features Professor Allen Cheng, the Director of the Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology unit at Alfred Health, Professo...
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
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
World Health Day this Thursday, 7 April will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a moveme...
Marking World Tuberculosis Day with Dr Mel Spigelman, Dr Margaret Kal from PNG and Dr Philipp du Cros
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This 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 disea...
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
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The theme for International Women's Day 2022 is "Gender equality today for a sustainable world tomorrow." Women and girls in the Indo-P...
How the International Health Regulations shaped the global response to COVID-19: A conversation with Australian expert Dr Alex Phelan from Georgetown University
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the centre of the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a set of public health obligations called the International Health Regulation...
Episode 2: “You can’t over-invest in public health”: A conversation with Professor Brett Sutton, Chief Health Officer of Victoria
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prior 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 B...
A “no-regrets” policy for pandemic preparedness and response: A conversation with White House advisor Beth Cameron
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One 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, wha...
Bhutan: Malaria Elimination and COVID-19 Vaccination Challenges
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode in our Indo-Pacific Health Leaders series features Dr Karma Lhazeen, Director of the Department of Medical Services at the Ministry...
Ruth Bishop Lecture 2021 Dr Sarthak Das APLMA
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government housed at the Depar...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Ari Probandari and Dr Virginia Wiseman
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Contain This brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Center for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government housed at the Depart...
Innovations in HIV Response in PNG
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department o...
WISH Fiji: Building resilient watersheds and healthy communities in the Pacific, Part 2.
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Government's Department o...
Covid-19 and V-RESIST in Vietnam
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, an initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs ...
100-day vaccine development – can it happen before the next pandemic? Dr Richard Hatchett, CEPI
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SARS 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 ...
Community preparedness and response in Indonesia - Eka Wulan Cahyasari, Indonesian Red Cross
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Preparedness is always better than response.”Indonesia is currently suffering another wave of COVID-19, in addition to 10 other major infectious ...
WISH Fiji: Building resilient watersheds and healthy communities in the Pacific
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can we build community resilience in the face of both natural and man-made disasters that impact on our water and sanitation systems, our environm...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Anung Sugihantono, Indonesia
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Contain This.This is Episode 3, Season 2, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. Today, we bring you an Indo-P...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Lady Roslyn Morauta, Global Fund
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Contain This. This is Episode 2, Season 2, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. Today we bring you an Indo...
Regulatory Assessment of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Indo-Pacific: Australian support to PNG
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of Contain This and Episode 29. This week we discuss an essential step in the journey of the COVID-19 vaccine. We bring you insig...
World Mosquito Program: Professor Scott O'Neill & Professor Adi Utarini
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 28 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This week we bring you insights on the World Mos...
Vaccine Positive Pacific Voices with Will Genia, Dr Edith Kariko and Francyne Jacklick-Wase
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 27 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This week we bring you a special episode on the ...
Prof. Fiona Russell and Dr. Rachel Devi on COVID-19 Vaccines in the Pacific
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 26 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This week, we're bringing you insights from...
Dr Anthony Fauci and Professor Paul Kelly, on Australia-US Cooperation on Global Health Security
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 25 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This week, we're bringing you the highlight...
ASEAN-Australia Health Security Fellows
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode 24 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This episode is hosted by Damian Facciolo, an Advis...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Episode 23 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and is hosted by Australia’s Ambassador for Region...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Eretii Timeon, Public Health Director in the Ministry of Health for the Republic of Kiribati
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Contain This. We hope that you had a safe and restful holiday period and are looking forward to bringing you more insightful discussio...
First Nations Pandemic Planning with Kristy Crooks and Peter Massey
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 21 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, hosted by Head of Centre, Robin Davies.Our Centr...
COVID-19 Vaccine Financing GHSA Side Event
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode in our series exploring issues related to COVID-19 vaccines in our region, as we plan Australia's $500 million Regi...
Prof Julie Leask, Prof Amin Soebandrio and Sr Afu Tei on Vaccine Uptake
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 20 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. This episode is hosted by Camilla Burkot, a seni...
Talking Global with Dr David Nabarro, WHO Special Envoy on COVID-19
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 19 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, hosted by Head of Centre Robin Davies. Today on...
Gillian McKay and Matelita Seva-Cadravula, on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies, in Fiji and Globally
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 18 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, hosted by Dr Lara Andrews. Today on the show, L...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Josephine Herman, Secretary of Health, Cook Islands
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third episode of our Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series. Today, Australian Ambassador for Regional Health Security Dr Stephanie William...
Dr Roopa Dhatt, Women in Global Health
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dr Lara Andrews, Acting Director at the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security talks to Dr Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director of Women in Glob...
Strengthening Health Protection and Laboratory Capacity in Fiji with Dr Aalisha Sahu Khan and Professor Patrick Reading
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show, we have Aalisha Sahu Khan and Professor Patrick Reading. Aalisha is the Head of Health Protection at the Fiji Ministry of Health an...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Brendan Murphy, Secretary of Australia's Department of Health.
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second insightful episode of our special Indo-Pacific Health Leaders series, where Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Dr Stephani...
Indo-Pacific Health Leaders Series: Dr Takeshi Kasai, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Office
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we launch a special series where Australia’s Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Dr Stephanie Williams, interviews leaders in the Pac...
Vietnam's Response to COVID-19 and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we discuss Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and antimicrobial drug resistance with Dr Guy Thwaites, Director of ...
Health Security Cooperation in Papua New Guinea
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk to Dr Leanne Robinson and Dr Moses Laman and discuss the emergence of drug resistant malaria in PNG, and the work they are inv...
The International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #10 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and hosted by Adam Craig. On the episode we hav...
Wet Markets with Mark Schipp and Anna Okello
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #9 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and hosted by Adam Craig.On the episode we have D...
Health in the Pacific with Lauro Vives and Michael Nunan
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #7 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and hosted by Adam Craig. Today on the show we h...
Zoonotic Diseases and the CSIRO with Debbie Eagles, Rob Grenfell and Andy Yombo
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #6 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and hosted by Adam Craig. Today on the show we h...
Disease Diplomacy with Adam Kamradt-Scott and Sara Davies
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #5 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and hosted by Adam Craig. In this episode we have...
Relaunching Contain This with Dr. Stephanie Williams and Adam Craig
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode #4 of Contain This, brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security. We’re excited to be relaunching the podcast. T...
Stronger Health Systems - Timor Leste
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we become sick and how does good health rely on a strong system? On this episode we look at the challenges a young health system fac...
The Orphaned Drug - How the world came together to treat River Blindness
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2018 the US FDA approved the drug moxidectin for the treatment of River Blindness. How did this drug with no market and no chance of profit ge...
What will vector control look like in 20 years? Reducing malaria, Zika and dengue fever in our region.
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
IVCC CEO Dr Nick Hamon and consultants Dr Michael MacDonald & Vasanthan John Paul talk about innovative vector control tools, the market and regul...
Lessons from global health history: Prof Sharon Lewin AO on Ruth Bishop, HIV & Zika
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Head of Centre, Robin Davies joins our pilot episode to talk about some of the work The Centre does. We also talk about our annual event - the Ruth Bi...