How a growing partnership is digitising Fiji’s health system and strengthening community care across the islands.
A quiet transformation is unfolding across Fiji’s clinics. Through technology, training, and trust, Taiwan’s partnership with Fiji is helping bring the nation’s health system into the digital age – one patient record at a time.
Across Fiji’s busy clinics and rural health centres, a quiet digital revolution is taking shape – one that’s beginning to change how healthcare is delivered and managed. At the heart of this shift is Taiwan, whose cooperation and innovation are helping Fiji modernize its health systems and strengthen community care.
Two flagship projects—the SOVA NI BULA digital health platform and Taiwan’s Mackay Memorial Hospital medical missions to Nadi Hospital—capture this spirit of partnership. Together, they blend technology, training, and trust to enhance healthcare across the islands.
Digital innovation: The SOVA NI BULA Initiative
Launched by the Taiwan ICDF in cooperation with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services and USAID, SOVA NI BULA is helping Fiji take a major step toward digital healthcare. Rather than remote consultations, the program focuses on digitising patient management – replacing paper records with a smart data system that helps health workers track and analyse patient information more efficiently. Through digital dashboards, reminders, and data visualisation, community nurses and doctors can now follow up on chronic illness cases, monitor trends, and plan outreach activities with greater accuracy. Piloted in four health centres—Raiwaqa, Samabula, Nausori, and Valelevu—the initiative has already improved coordination and recordkeeping while easing the workload for frontline staff.
Medical Missions that Build Local Strength
If SOVA NI BULA symbolizes innovation, the partnership between Taiwan’s Mackay Memorial Hospital and Nadi Hospital speaks to enduring friendship. Twice a year, volunteer teams from Mackay travel to Fiji to share expertise, conduct workshops, and work alongside Fijian doctors and nurses. During their latest visit in June 2025, Taiwanese specialists supported local teams in strengthening clinical skills and improving hospital practices. These missions focus not only on treatment but also on capacity building – ensuring that knowledge, confidence, and collaboration continue long after each visit ends.
“Meaningful progress doesn’t always require grand gestures – sometimes, it begins with a single digital record and a spirit of trust between partners.“
Joseph Chow
Representative
Taipei Trade Office in Fiji
Republic of China (Taiwan)