Contain This: The Latest in Global Health Security
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.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
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 former Ambassador for Regional Health Security, Dr Stephanie…
Training 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 New Guinea and Solomon Islands to strengthen outbreak detec…
From the field: Supporting health outcomes in Vanuatu through DFAT’s Australian Volunteers Program
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 (SRHR) in the workplace ranging from menstruation, abortion a…
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 to manage them.” – Oky user
Girls have important questions a…
‘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 Indo-Pacific?
In this week’s episode, we delve into the on…
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 Chief Scientist, Dr Farrar oversees WHO’s science division, …
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 involvement in the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa led h…
Insights from the Climate, Health and International Development Seminar: Paul Mitchell, Save the Children (Part 2)
The seminar explored …
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 Seminar Series: Climate Change, Health and International Developm…
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 for COVID-19 vaccines in Australia, Vietnam, and Fiji.
You w…
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 Regional Office. In honour of World Malaria Day 2023, Dr Kel…
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 almost 9000 staff working across 37 countries, MSI works to…
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, who is the co-chair of the Pacific Disability Forum.
Lany is…
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 Kingdom of Tonga’s first female Minister for Health and the fir…
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 the WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disa…
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 Health Organization. GOARN is a network of over 250 technica…
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 rotavirus in 1973, a major breakthrough in tackling one 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 Pacific with Dr Salanieta Taka Saketa. Dr Sala is a Senior Epidem…
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 Catherine Machalaba, both members of the One Health High-Level…