Data sharing collaboration makes Pacific health information more accessible than ever before

The Pacific Data Hub and Tupaia have announced a data sharing collaboration that will see publicly available health data on the Pacific made more accessible than ever before.

"This collaboration with Tupaia takes the Pacific Data Hub to a new level, said Phil Bright, GIS Dissemination and Innovation Lead at the Pacific Community (SPC).

"Having one source of health data means anyone interested can build on this existing base of data. It will allow people to connect the dots quickly on disparate pieces of data to, for example, plan a vaccine rollout out across a country"

The publicly available data shared includes the location of health facilities, the services they provide, opening hours, and staffing.

To learn more, visit Pacific Community's article

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BES’ headquarters are on Wurundjeri land near Merri Creek in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. For thousands of years, Merri Creek provided Aboriginal people with many of the essentials of their day-to-day lives including water, timber and bark for building shelters, plant life for food and medicinal purposes, and animals for food.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of that Land. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging of the Kulin Nation and extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia.

Our acknowledgements extend to the traditional owners of the lands on which we work across the Pacific—including Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), where we recognise Māori as the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa. BES commits to upholding their tino rangatiratanga over their lands, resources and taonga as described by te Tiriti o Waitangi.