The expected outcomes of the project include:
- Completed implementation research training by 50 regional health professionals, including publication of peer-reviewed open access journal articles, and policy brief or practice guidelines
- A comprehensive gap analysis of International Health Regulations implementation in the World Health Organization Western Pacific region
- A flexible decision support tool to map biosecurity risk at the regional level, along with policy-maker workshops; and
- Four 'real life models' as templates for future capacity strengthening using focussed examples, including:
- A tuberculosis decision support tool for Fiji, to serve as a prototype for the region
- A determination of the incidence, risk factors, vectors and clinical outcomes of Zika virus and other arboviruses in an area of the Solomon Islands, to inform existing models
- An evaluation of the transferability of the spatial decision support systems approach for infectious disease control activities in Solomon Islands; and
- A greater understanding of zoonotic pathogens in Papua New Guinea and will better define the risk of incursion of exotic viruses
