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PHS&CDC activities and assistance
 

│Contacts│Mandate│Goal│Objectives│Funding and partners│Assistance offered

The Public Health Surveillance & Communicable Disease Control (PHS&CDC) Section is part of the Public Health Programme within the Social Resources Division. It is based at SPC's Noumea headquarters. The section has six full-time positions: Epidemiologist, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Specialist, Communicable Disease Surveillance Specialist, HIV/AIDS/STI Surveillance Specialist, Surveillance Information Officer and Data Processing Officer. The section is supported by a part-time Project Assistant.

Websites:
• PHS&CDC Section website: http://www.spc.int/phs/
• PPHSN website: http://www.spc.int/phs/PPHSN/
• Distance Education in Health website, in partnership with University of Guam: http://www.spc.int/Health/DistanceEducation/
 

Contacts:
• Dr Tom Kiedrzynski, Epidemiologist: tomk@spc.int; Tel +687 26 01 43

• Dr Justus Benzler, Communicable Disease Surveillance Specialist: justusb@spc.int; Tel +687 24 22 30

• Dr Seini Kupu, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Specialist: seinik@spc.int; Tel +687 26 27 70

• Dr Narendra Singh, Pandemic Preparedness and Training Specialist (Fiji): narendras@spc.int; Tel +679 3370733
• Mr Tim Sladden, HIV/AIDS/STI Surveillance Specialist: tims(at)spc.int; Tel +687 26 20 00
• Christelle Lepers, Surveillance Information Officer: christellel@spc.int; Tel +687 26 01 81
• Elise Benyon, Data Processing Officer: eliseb@spc.int; Tel +687 26 01 64
• PPHSN Coordinating Body Focal Point: phs.cdc@spc.int; Tel +687 26 20 00; Fax +687 26 38 18
• SPC Noumea: Tel +687 26 20 00; Fax +687 26 38 18

Mandate: The Public Health Surveillance and Communicable Disease Control (PHS&CDC) Section’s mandate is the PHP Strategic Plan. The section is also the Focal Point of the Coordinating Body of the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN), with the directions of the PPHSN approved by the annual meeting of the PPHSN Coordinating Body.

Goal: Enabling and supporting Healthier Pacific Island communities.

Objectives 2003-2005: The section shares the broad objectives of the Public Health Programme. In addition, the overall objectives of the section are: (1) develop public health surveillance in the Pacific Islands in a sustainable manner; (2) ensure that all programme activities are in line with the goal of a sustainable development of public health surveillance and applied epidemiology in Pacific Island countries and territories, and with the PPHSN development plans and strategic framework.

Funding and partners: All positions are funded by voluntary contributions from France and NZAID, except the HIV/AIDS/STI Surveillance Specialist position funded under the France/Australia Regional HIV/AIDS Project. The work programme is funded in part by voluntary contributions from France, NZAID and AusAID, and in part by project-specific funding provided by various donors including ADB, Taiwan/ROC, and the US Centers for Disease Control (bioterrorism-related funds). Most of the activities are undertaken in partnership with PPHSN core and allied members within the framework of the network.

Assistance offered

• Policy development

• Technical assistance

• Training

• Training on request

• Training attachments

• Meetings

• Networks

• Grants

• Information resources available

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