What is PPHSN? The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) is a voluntary network of countries and organisations dedicated to the promotion of public health surveillance and appropriate response to the health challenges of 22 Pacific Island countries and territories. The first priorities of PPHSN are communicable diseases, especially the outbreak-prone ones. At this stage the target diseases include: dengue, measles, rubella, influenza, leptospirosis, typhoid fever, cholera, SARS and HIV/STIs. > Read more about PPHSN... |   PPHSN was created in 1996 under the joint auspices of SPC and WHO ______________________
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Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) ______________________
Recent meetings WHO GSS Sub-regional Training Course for the Northern Pacific Island Countries and Territories, Guam, 23 to 27 February 2009
> SPC announcement > SPC press release 2nd Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce Meeting (PAPITaF), Nadi, Fiji, 24–26 November 2008
Regional Dengue Meeting, Nadi, Fiji, 27 November 2008
15th meeting of the PPHSN Coordinating Body, Nadi, Fiji, 28 November 2008
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The directory of PPHSN members highlights the wide range of resources and technical expertise available within the network. |