Deployments

AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2019 – Samoa – Measles Outbreak
The Australian High Commission received formal requests for assistance from the Government of Samoa in...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2019 – Solomon Islands – Oil Spill
On 5 February, a bulk carrier with 700 tonnes of heavy fuel aboard ran aground...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2018 – Indonesia – Earthquake and Tsunami
On 28 September, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, resulting in a 1.5...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2018 – Thailand – Cave Rescue
On June 23, 12 young boys from a Thai soccer team and their coach became...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2018 – Papua New Guinea – Earthquake
The massive quake had its epicentre 10 kilometres west of the small town of Komo...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2018 – Tonga – Tropical Cyclone
A forward need assessment AUSMAT were deployed immediately after the cyclone in February to conduct...
AUSMAT; Australian Medical Assistance Team; NCCTRC; National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
2017 – Bangladesh – Diphtheria Outbreak
An AUSMAT assisted in strengthening health services within affected communities and worked with other international...
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...