Strengthening Pacific diabetes associations to speak up for the needs of people with diabetes
The Pacific Community (SPC) hosted the inaugural Pacific Diabetes Associations Meeting in Nadi on September 20 to 21, a regional meeting to strengthen Pacific diabetes associations and enhance collaboration to address the diabetes epidemic in the Pacific.
Wake up! Engaging Pacific Youth to address non communicable diseases through media and communication
Youth raise awareness on Non-communicable Diseases at workshop in Noumea
Youth from Pacific Island countries and territories have gathered in Noumea, New Caledonia this week for a five-day media and communications training on Noncommunicable Diseases (NDCs). The training organized by the Pacific Community (SPC) and the United…
NCDs needs renewed energy and effort
I recently attended a meeting of an international expert group convened by WHO in Geneva to assess progress being made by the global community in taking actions to reduce the impact of NCDs following high level meetings sponsored by the UN General…
World Environment Day
As part of World Environment Day, the Pacific Community (SPC) is issuing schools in the islands of Kiribati with a reader entitled ‘The Adventures of Vili’ in order to raise children’s awareness on environmental conservation and the need to…
Addressing tobacco’s threat to Pacific development
Tobacco kills around seven million people each year and remains the world’s leading preventable cause of death.
World No Tobacco Day is observed on this day each year as a reminder of the harmful risks associated with tobacco use, an opportunity to…
Pacific Heads of Health map priorities for the region
Senior health officials from 22 Pacific Island countries and territories along with regional and international health professionals have gathered in Suva, Fiji this week (25-27 April) for the Fifth Heads of Health meeting.
Organised by Pacific Community…
Wake up! Youth project to raise awareness on NCDs
Wake up! Youth project to raise awareness on NCDs
NCDs: a sustainable development challenge in the Pacific
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) threaten the very future of small Pacific Island countries and territories and must be decisively addressed as a development crisis in order to nurture a healthy environment that enables healthy lifestyle choices…
Contest winners capture Pacific’s fight against Non-Communicable Diseases
Contest winners capture Pacific’s fight against Non-Communicable Diseases