Capacity building
National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Project leaders(s): Associate Professor Kirsty Buising, Professor Karin Thursky, Dr Rodney James
Collaborator(s): Laos Ministry of Health
Antimicrobial use surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship capacity building
WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis
Project leader(s): Associate Professor Ben Cowie
Collaborator(s): Laos Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation, WHO Western Pacific Region
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis provides:
- Diagnostic testing surveillance
- Advocacy
- Education
- Workshops
- Training
- Policy advice
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Needs and situational assessments
- Laboratory analysis
Incentives for early declaration and effective prevention of avian influenza in the Mekong
McVernon group and the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Project leader(s): Professor Jodie McVernon
Collaborator(s): Nossal Institute for Global Health; NIPH Cambodia; Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute; Pasteur Institute (Vietnam); Health Strategy and Policy Institute (Vietnam); Hanoi University of Public Health (Vietnam)
Funding: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
This collaboration with the Nossal Institute seeks to apply insights from human health systems development to the strengthening of veterinary health systems in Greater Mekong Subregion countries, to enhance early reporting of animal infections and reduce the risks of zoonotic disease.