Official development assistance for the elimination of cervical cancer in Western Pacific – Everybody's Business series

This is the third paper in the NCD Alliance series Everybody's Business, which focuses on bold actions to close the NCD funding gap.

The Australian Government’s investment in cervical cancer elimination is one example of NCDs being integrated into a country’s international development priorities. From 2023–24, the Australian Government will provide $4.77 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA), focusing its efforts geographically in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, while thematically prioritizing gender equality, local capacity-building, health, climate, and social protection systems. The Australian Government’s Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will support the Elimination Partnership in the Indo- Pacific for Cervical Cancer Consortium with a grant of US$ 9.7 million for a four-year project cycle. It will leverage existing partnerships at the local, regional, and international levels to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, in line with the WHO’s 2020 Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem.