Development

Australia deploys doctors, nurses, paramedics and logisticians to provide people with life-saving medical care following disasters and health emergencies. These Australian Medical Assistance Teams (AUSMAT) are drawn from state and territory health services to deploy at short notice.

Australian Red Cross is one of Australia's most trusted and effective partners in disaster preparedness and response. As a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Australian Red Cross is part of the largest global humanitarian network, with links to 190 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies ('National Societies') around the world.

Australia works in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and safeguard the rights and wellbeing of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally displaced persons globally, including in the Indo-Pacific region.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organisation focused on hunger and food security. WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies to those most in need and works with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

Australia responds to disasters in the Indo-Pacific by delivering timely and effective humanitarian emergency relief supplies.

Australia works with the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) – a global fund that enables humanitarian partners to provide life-saving support and protection to people in need through rapid response when a new crisis emerges, and critical support to underfunded crises.