Health

Women and young girls in remote rural communities in Fiji face challenges accessing quality healthcare. This, according to United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Doctor Natalia Kanem. She states that the country has only one nurse or midwife for every...

The Ministry of Health will continue to push for better staff living and working standards. Health Minister Doctor Atonio Lalabalavu made the comments during the Fiji Nursing Association’s 64th Annual General Meeting in Lami yesterday. Doctor Lalabalavu says nurses are...

Friends of Fiji Health has conducted 20 hysteroscopic myomectomy surgeries at the Labasa Hospital. This surgery treats fibroids and help preserves the uterus. Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus, it affects women’s ability to conceive...

Residents of Koroiveremo settlement in the district of Nalaba in Ra, are celebrating the completion of an access road upgrade that has ended daily horseback rides for 12 grandchildren to get to school. The $60,000 project was carried out by...

In an effort to help save lives, the Mokani Youth and Rugby Club organized a blood donation drive in their village over the weekend. Mokani Youth Club President, Salaseini Waibasaga, says this blood donation drive was initiated after they received...

The government of Kiribati has partnered with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand in its efforts to reduce high maternal and child mortality rates in the country. The move will focus on finding ways to improve midwifery and nursing...

The Ministry of Women, Children, and Poverty Alleviation is working closely with the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre to chart a pathway for teenage girls who need shelter. The Assistant Minister Sashi Kiran was present at the discussion to map out...

The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, in collaboration with the University of Auckland, aims to support the development of locally driven research through a new and ambitious research programme named the ‘State of Eye Health in the Pacific’. The programme aims...

Managing the water infrastructure and ensuring proper water supply to all citizens is a challenge, says Minister for Public Works, Transport and Meteorological Services Ro Filipe Tuisawau. He says he now understands the hurdle faced by the Water Authority of...

Good Samaritan Hospital in Tetere, North Guadalcanal celebrated its 15 years anniversary today at the hospital’s compound. The hospital was built by the AMIS (Amici Missione Isole Solomon) and presented as a gift from Italian Volunteers to Solomon Islands in...