Marshall Islands: A whole society approach for non-communicable diseases
Story contest: Share your story to promote children’s wellbeing
Artwork by Tui Ledua
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Sustaining biomedical services in the Pacific region
Youths take non-communicable diseases awareness to the western highlands in Papua New Guinea
World No Tobacco Day
Yesterday was World No Tobacco Day with the theme “We need more food, not tobacco”. It aims at raising awareness of alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers.
A new breath of life! Patient education and smoking
Meet Teva, a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a respiratory disease that is often linked to smoking. With the support of a patient education nurse, Teva begins to understand the risks that smoking poses to his health, decides…
5th Pacific Biomedical Network Meeting
Details: The Pacific Biomedical Network (PBN) held its inaugural meeting in 2012 for biomedical engineers and technicians in the region. This platform was launched to create a forum where regional biomed experts were able to provide support, share…
Pacific Heads of Health focus on key health issues
Our nurses, our future
Today is International Nurses Day with the theme of our nurses, our future.
Nurses are at the frontline of health and approximately 74% of the Pacific healthcare workforce are nurses and the majority of health services are delivered by them.