Health

The launch of the Pacific Islands Report on Building Resilient Health Systems will see world experts converge in Auckland next week. Te Poutoko Ora A Kiwa (Centre for Pacific and Global Health) at the University of Auckland and the Centre...

New child-led research canvassing the views of more than 2,500 children and young people in the Asia-Pacific region highlights the worsening impact of climate change on their lives. The research, carried out earlier this year, was led by young people...

Professor Teatulohi (Lohi) Matainaho (pictured) has been elected as the inaugural President of the Pacific Academy of Sciences. The Vice Chancellor of the Pacific Adventist University is a world leading researcher in traditional medicine and drug discovery in malaria, cancer,...

The Nacula Health Center in Yasawa is among the five health centers in the islands to get solar power. Minister for Health Dr Atonio Lalabalavu was on the island last week to commission the solar panels. Nacula Village was chosen...

The Fiji National University’s (FNU), College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences’ (CMNHS) three-day Health Professional Education Symposium ended on a high note last week. The symposium brought together health and medical professionals, academics, researchers, students and other relevant stakeholders...

The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) stands in solidarity with nurses and midwives who are pleading with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOHMS) to be paid fairly for the work they do. It has been several years now...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad has reiterated the government’s strong commitment to prioritize health services in the upcoming 2023-2024 National Budget. Speaking during the inauguration of Nine Miles Pharmacy in Nakasi yesterday, Prasad says government...

The new Nine Miles Medical Pte Limited will provide free health services under the Public Private Partnership scheme. Director Dr Aoneesh Sharma says the new medical centre is a one-stop medical services facility that will support the government health facilities...

Students of Beqa Yanuca Secondary School in the province of Rewa now have access to clean and safe drinking water and an improved and safer route to get to school daily. This follows the handover of an ecological purification water...

Constituents of South Vella La Vella has celebrated the grand opening and handing over of their newest and largest community-based rural health clinic with a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday (26th April 2023). The establishment of the newly handed over clinic is a...