To evaluate the role of Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) in achieving IHR 2005 core capacities and identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to improve coordination of surveillance in the Pacific.
Researcher: Meru Sheel (PI), Rebecca Rockett, Vitali Sintchenko, Adam Craig, Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Sajani Nadeeka, Jessica Hall, Adeline Tinessia
Funder: The Pacific Community (SPC)
Aim: To examine the structural, behavioural and social drivers to routine immunisation in Lao PDR with a focus on ethnic minorities. Method: Survey of caregivers in Luang Prabang province using items from the Behavioural and Social Drivers of Immunisation survey....
The Infection, Immunisation, and Emergencies (IDIE) team at the Sydney School of Public Health recently held a co-design workshop in Suva, Fiji, focused on designing interventions to strengthen vaccination for children with disability. Building on the...
Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) is a major cause of morbidity in Fiji, but rural surveillance system remain limited. Strengthening AFI monitoring is crucial to detecting endemic, high burden diseases like dengue, leptopsprirosis, and typhoid in Fiji. Over 18 months, the...