A prescription for a healthier Pacific
AROUND the Pacific, if we don’t start making serious changes, our health systems could be swamped by a perfect storm of disease, distance, and
NCDs
Reviving indigenous foodways to combat health issues in the Pacific
A discussion on Indigenous foodways and community-based approaches to healthy eating solutions has heard of the need for more significant research into the composition of local foods. Experts convened at the University
Fruitful Ambitions: Juice Fiji fights NCDs with visionary business model
For a nation blessed with bountiful fresh produce, Fiji is puzzlingly wrestling with a severe epidemic of non- communicable diseases (NCDs). This is a paradox that continues to frustrate health stakeholders in the
WHO: Pacific islands facing a bumpy road toward the ‘Healthy Islands’ vision
Pacific island states and territories may have emerged from the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic, but they must also brace for other disease outbreaks and climate-related disasters in the future, according to the
NCDs cannot be ignored says Tonga PM
Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has called for a collective effort to tackle the leading cause of death and disability in Tonga – heart disease, diabetes and some cancers – in a
Opinion: PNG’s new health plan: “Leaving no one behind is everybody’s business”
By Di Brown, Kylie McKenna and Michele Rumsey Following nearly two years of COVID-19 prompted commentary on the vulnerabilities of the health system in Papua New Guinea, the country’s new National Health Plan
COVID-19, climate change and non communicable diseases
Pacific health ministers respond to health crises COVID-19 is a big opportunity for Pacific countries to transform their health systems, the region’s health ministers have heard. COVID-19, non communicable diseases
Pacific Public Health Priority During COVID-19
The Pacific Community’s Public Health Division works in the region to improve, promote, and protect the health of the Pacific Island people. This year has been challenging thus far as the Pacific region witnessed the
A fraying lifeline: Chronically under-funded and lacking resources
Pacific islands health care faces the crisis of a lifetime The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just highlighted the Pacific’s fragile health systems. It’s amplified the central role that public health plays in all
A fraying lifeline: chronically under-funded and lacking resources
Pacific islands health care faces the crisis of a lifetime The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just highlighted the Pacific’s fragile health systems. It’s amplified the central role that public health plays in all
Rewarding the sick?
Palau needs NCD prevention, not just off-island referrals By Bernadette Carreon Palau’s looming non communicable disease burden needs to be treated with the same urgency and priority as environmental issues says a
Malapoa College serves up aelan kaikai
By Len Garae The kitchen of Malapoa College was full of the sound of sizzling and stirring, and smells that made my imagination run wild when I visited recently. That day the college’s 1600 students lunched on grated