The Australian Reproductive Health Alliance runs an international program to further the aims of the ICPD by working in partnership with Pacific Island NGOs on public education programs on reproductive health, reproductive rights and sexuality education. Support has been proved to several Pacific countries but the main focus has been in Papua New Guinea, which along with Solomon Islands has the poorest reproductive status in the Pacific region. Women's literacy is low, maternal mortality high, contraceptive prevalence low and domestic violence is common. HIV/AIDS is increasing rapidly in Papua New Guinea with new cases being diagnosed daily in the highlands.

The international program has recently received funding for a number of small projects in different areas of reproductive health.

The three year grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has the following objectives:

• To promote knowledge, education and research, paying attention to the needs of indigenous people, both within Australia and internationally.
• To identify and support specific development projects which promote reproductive health and enhance the status of women and girls, in the Pacific Islands.
• To conduct a Pacific Regional Workshop on expanding men's roles and participation in reproductive health.
• To develop in close consultation with partners, projects based on careful needs analysis and management of the implementation, monitoring and reporting of field projects in the Pacific Islands.
• To develop a comprehensive international program strategy for ARHA.
• To promote public support for the improvement in the well-being and status of women and in the reproductive health of individuals and families.

PNG and Australia reproductive health indicators