Disaster response

Disaster response

AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2016 – Fiji – Tropical Cyclone
In February, the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere caused...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2015 – Nepal – Earthquake
AUSMAT deployed a needs assessment team to Nepal following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2015 – Vanuatu – Tropical Cyclone
Regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu. A significant...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2013 – Philippines – Typhoon
One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded smashed into the Philippines in November....
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2013 – Solomon Islands – Dengue Fever Outbreak
Three AUSMAT assisted the National Referral Hospital in the Solomon Islands following a dengue fever...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2013 – Maningrida NT – Trachoma Outbreak
The centre for Disease Control worked alongside the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2011 – Christchurch NZ – Earthquake
Just after midday on February 22, 2011, the magnitude-6.3 quake killed 185 people and injured...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2010 – Pakistan – Floods
The United Nations reported the floods had affected 13.8 million people and the Pakistani government...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2009 – Ashmore Reef Australia – Explosion
On the morning of April 16, 2009, a 25-metre diesel-powered fishing boat exploded near Ashmore...