Palladium’s logistics team had been tracking the cyclone through the Pacific for several days. In partnership with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Defence Force, we delivered 135 tonnes of Australian Aid relief packages to Tonga on the same day as the cyclone hit, and restored essential services to 5,300 people, three health clinics, and eight schools.

Over 6 and a half years, the Commonwealth of Australia (COA) entrusted the management of this mission’s logistics support services to Palladium. From base management to catering, with capacity surging up to 800 personnel during training operations and government elections, Palladium’s smooth and transparent delivery ensured that the COA and international contingents were able to focus their efforts on achieving their stabilisation and capacity building goals.

Palladium manages the Humanitarian Logistics Capability on behalf of the Australian Department of Foreign Trade and Affairs (DFAT). Our team worked with DFAT and the Australian Defence Force to establish logistics hubs in Sydney, Brisbane, and Darwin. Over the course of the response, Palladium’s Australia team helped deploy more than 59,000 kg of humanitarian aid to Indonesia, benefiting 7,250 survivors. In addition, Palladium is a partner with the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to facilitate the UK’s disaster response through the Humanitarian & Stabilisation Operations Team. Palladium helped load relief supplies, repair airport equipment, and provide almost 300 hygiene kits and over 1,500 shelter kits to the disaster zones. 
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Eight workers from Palladium’s Humanitarian Logistics Team were deployed to help the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Solomon Island’s National Disaster Management Office in their efforts to clean up the spill. Palladium’s assistance was crucial in providing much-needed support and resources to the cleanup effort.

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In 2019, Palladium implemented the DFAT-funded RAPID project in Vanuatu, which aimed to pilot high-quality, rapidly deployable social infrastructure for classrooms across the nation. Peter Diplas, the head of Palladium’s Humanitarian Logistics team, reported that the classrooms constructed under RAPID not only survived Cyclone Harold but were used as safe shelters.

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Four humanitarian experts from Palladium were among the first on the ground in the Bahamas after Dorian’s landfall, providing 3,000 ration packs, nearly 100 tons of water, over 900 emergency shelter kits, and 1,000 hygiene kits. The UK government and humanitarian team are continuing to support the Bahamas relief effort: a team in London is currently coordinating the provision of supplies from the UK to Florida to replenish relief items on an as-needed basis.

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Palladium’s Logistical Support Team creates scenarios and works directly with various Australian government branches to ensure constant preparedness for disaster recovery efforts. Palladium’s vast network of in-country agents, local organisations, and NGOs in the region use their understanding of local contexts to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance when needed.

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Palladium, leading the USAID Integrated Health Project (IHP), collaborated with the Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management project to build capacity in supply chain management. IHP supported training on malaria commodity data entry into the Bauchi logistics management information system (LMIS) platform for 77 local government health authority and facility personnel across high-volume primary healthcare facilities and general hospitals. Through this IHP support, the LMIS improved the availability of health commodity consumption data. IHP also mentored health workers on the LMIS and monthly assessments for the improvement of health facility supply chain management.

Palladium staff on the USAID Integrated Health Project met with the Logistics Management and Coordination Unit of the Sokoto State Ministry of Health to discuss issues related to family planning commodity stockpiles and emergency distribution of commodities to health facilities. Through continued collaboration and planning, the Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital received more than 170 contraceptive implants.

Palladium facilitated the deployment of non-invasive, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilator machines, procured separately by DFAT. Palladium also managed the procurement and deployment of CPAP ventilator supplies, laboratory supplies, and testing and personal protective equipment. Palladium was responsible for the facilitation of Australian and international freight movements to Indonesia, including customs, cartage, insurance, and quarantine and import regulatory compliance.

To counteract high volatility, critical supply shortages, and freight delays in the market and supply chain for personal protective equipment (PPE), Palladium initiated a customised logistics exercise to procure large volumes of PPE. Palladium worked with an Indigenous-owned business to secure a priority diversion of products for the AFP directly from an Australian manufacturer.

Palladium’s in-country logistics were coupled with those of AUSMAT to assist in the receipt and delivery of field hospital equipment and oxygen cylinders to Apia. Palladium representatives worked collaboratively to erect large tents to serve as temporary medical units, which proved essential for the affected population during the measles outbreak.

Palladium successfully managed the purchase and delivery of humanitarian emergency relief supplies necessary for the dengue fever response. Palladium facilitated all national and international freight movements of relief supplies, including high-volume customs clearance and port fees, domestic cartage, and quarantine and import regulatory compliance.

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) asked Palladium to support first aid flights into Wuhan, China. Palladium has since worked with various DFAT partners, including supporting the WHO and UNICEF with the delivery of COVID-19 testing kits, laboratory supplies, and essential medicines, as well as creating ‘country kits’ for frontline healthcare workers in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

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