Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - What is SPC doing to help?
The Pacific Community (SPC) is closely monitoring the novel (new) coronavirus (named COVID-19) outbreak that started in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China early December 2019 and continues to grow.
The Pacific Community launches the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest
The Pacific Community (SPC) is calling for contestants to join the Pacific Healthy Recipe Contest and showcase their cooking skills and creativity to promote healthy eating and prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Inaugural meeting for Pacific heads of nurses set to influence and drive regional health priorities
The Heads of Nursing from Pacific Island Countries and Territories will convene in Nadi, Fiji from the 11th- 13th of February 2020 for the inaugural Pacific Heads of Nurses (PHoN) Meeting. This is the first time such a meeting has taken place, reflecting…
Wake Up! When Pacific youth stands up for the health of their communities
For the third consecutive year, young people from different Pacific island states and territories have the opportunity to spread prevention and control messages for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) using different media, thanks to the Wake Up! Project,…
Strengthening NCDs accountability mechanism
Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are committed to address the rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by strengthening mutual accountability mechanisms via the Pacific Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action (MANA) dashboard.
SPC monitoring measles in the Pacific
As measles cases continue to be reported in the Pacific, the Pacific Community (SPC) continues to closely monitor the situation and produces a weekly map showing measles and other epidemic and emerging diseases circulating in the region.
As of…
Regional Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Meeting
This regional meeting will discuss discipline specific issues and solutions especially clinical services aspect of disability.
Regional Heads of Nurses Meeting
The PHoN meeting is acknowledgement of the importance of nursing in the Pacific region. It provides an equal platform with the Directors of Clinical Services (DCS) and the Directors of Public Health (DPH) meeting to influence and drive health agendas and…
[POSTPONED] Eight Pacific Heads of Health (PHoH) Meeting
The Eight Pacific Heads of Health (PHoH) Meeting will convene in Nadi, Fiji from the 22nd-24th of April 2020.
Capacity development for strengthening public health laboratory services
The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are most vulnerable to health security risks brought by emerging and re-emerging infectious disease epidemics such as dengue fever or measles.
Strengthening public health laboratory services is…