Pacific nurses gaining new skills and certifications thanks to critical care training program: Profile Series
The essential role of nurses in the Pacific has been put in the spotlight during the COVID crisis. These front line workers have taken on high levels of risk in a job that demands long hours and wide ranging medical expertise. To help support these…
Healthy Tips: When I take the bus, I keep my mask on for the whole trip
Pacific nurses gaining new skills and certifications thanks to critical care training program
The essential role of nurses in the Pacific has been put in the spotlight during the COVID crisis. These front line workers have taken on high levels of risk in a job that demands long hours and wide ranging medical expertise. To help support these…
ABC Pacific Beat: PacMOSSI project looking to ramp up mosquito control and reduce disease
By Jordan Fennell on Pacific Beat
While the world's attention remains on COVID-19, the Pacific Community (SPC) has joined forces with James Cook University in Brisbane to tackle the scourge of mosquito borne disease that continues to blight the region.
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Partnership between Otago University and SPC sparks new opportunities for academics, research professionals, and experts
The University of Otago has formally partnered with the Pacific Community (SPC), the principal development organization in the Pacific which spans 26 countries and territories.
SPC has supported the empowerment of Pacific communities through the sharing…
Webinar Series on Cancer Registration
An openly accessible cancer registration webinar series will commence in October 2021 continuing into 2022, to provide online learning support which is focused towards the needs of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) with the collection and…
New agreement puts spotlight on managing deadly mosquito born viral disease epidemics in the Pacific
Disease epidemics from viruses spread by mosquitoes are happening more often across the Pacific region with 96 outbreaks (69 dengue outbreaks, 12 Zika virus and 15 Chikungunya) reported between January 2012 and May 2021. In response to this…
Updated regional infection prevention and control guidelines for the Pacific published
Vanuatu Health Formalizes Infection, Prevention and Control Programme
The Vanuatu Ministry of Health, in August this year, established a national IPC coordination unit and endorsed the formal set up of a National Infection, Prevention, and Control (IPC) Committee to strengthen the country’s response to the issues faced…
Real-time testing facility helps the Cook Islands face the COVID-19 threat
Thanks to financial and in-kind support from New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), the Pacific Community has been able to equip the Cook Islands with one of the most advanced COVID-19 testing platforms at the early stages of the…