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This is the 52nd edition of Australia in Brief, revised and updated in February 2021

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Standing with our region in response to COVID-19

Australia is working in close partnership with our neighbours in the Pacific and Southeast Asia to give strength to a region-wide recovery from COVID-19.

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Papua New Guinea COVID-19 response

Australia and Papua New Guinea share a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship, reaffirmed by the PNG-Australian Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership (CSEP). Australia is concerned about the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 situation in PNG and is providing significant support for PNG’s response.

Two Australian medical specialists stand next to a Papua New Guinea frontline worker, presenting a box that contains an inline suction device for the Port Moresby General Hospital.
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COVID-19 Gender and Social Protection guidance note: Violence against women and girls- and gender-sensitive social protection programming

A guidance note for integrating gender equality and Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) safeguards into social protection responses to COVID-19.

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Development
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Australian support to Solomon Islands

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today discussed key regional issues including the impact of COVID-19 and our joint efforts to combat its spread in the Pacific region.

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Development
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COVID-19 vaccine access for our region

Australia will support the Gavi COVAX Facility Advance Market Commitment (COVAX AMC) to improve access for Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines.

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Development
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AUSMIN 2020 Global Health Security Statement

The text of the following statement is released by the Governments of the United States of America and Australia regarding progress towards health security cooperation to be discussed at the 2020 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) to be held on 28 July.

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COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea

Australia is sending an AUSMAT medical team to Papua New Guinea to support our friend and neighbour as it manages a concerning rise in COVID-19 cases in recent days.

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Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) Design Document

The Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) aims to increase national health security in Indonesia so that women, men and communities are less at risk from emerging infectious diseases, thereby contributing to Australian, regional and global health security, as well as supporting sustainable economic development and food security in Indonesia.

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Development
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Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) Design Concept

The Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP) concept analyses the rationale for a new health security program in Indonesia as well as options for the investment and the delivery approach and risks. 

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Development
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Combating Zoonotic Diseases in our Region

Australia has launched a new international research program to help address the growing rate of zoonotic diseases across South-East Asia and the Pacific.

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International relations
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