New partners: University of Sydney and UNICEF Indonesia
The University of Sydney and UNICEF Indonesia have established a Knowledge Partnership to improve the health and well-being of Indonesian children and young people.
Knoweldge partners: Dr Nina Berry (Sydney School of Public Health), Associate Professor Kirsty Foster (Office for Global Health), Dr Harriet Torlesse (UNICEF) and聽Dr Maria Endang Sumiwi (UNICEF)
The partnership, which will this week see the university鈥檚 and head to Indonesia, aims to help Indonesia end poverty, protect the environment, and ensure more widely shared prosperity under its adoption of the United Nations'聽.
鈥淪ustainable Development Goals are a bold blueprint for action by governments, the private sector and civil society partners to achieve by 2030, said , the Director of the University of Sydney鈥檚 Office for Global Health.
The partnership is committed to developing local research capacity, including through partnerships with local research institutes and universities.
鈥淚nitially we will be collaborating on adolescent nutrition, air pollution, water and sanitation, and emergency responses to epidemics such as the Zika virus.聽
鈥淭he partnership is also committed to developing local research capacity, including through partnerships with local research institutes and universities.鈥� 聽
The partnership will also connect researchers, practitioners, policymakers and others to establish baseline data about children's well-being that is aligned to sustainable development goals for Indonesian children.
鈥淗alf of Indonesia鈥檚 255 million population is under the age of 30 and around 1 in 3 people is below the age of 18, so this is a sizeable group in which to focus our partnership,鈥� said Ms Somers.
The partnership will also benefit University of Sydney students by providing relevant, focused in-country experiences with UNICEF staff, who have been a trusted development partner of the government of Indonesia for over 60 years.
For more information, contact Danielle Somers, .