Training workshop aims to strengthen influenza surveillance in the Pacific
A sub-regional training workshop for health surveillance and laboratory professionals aiming at strengthening influenza surveillance in the Pacific was held in Suva (Fiji) last week.Surveillance and laboratory professionals from thirteen Pacific…
Wake up! Engaging youth in non communicable disease prevention and control
The Pacific Islands are well known for their root crops, traditional meals and customary cooking styles. In this unique part of the world, food is often prepared by digging a hole in the ground and burying raw natural crops and meat or fish with hot…
Improved Laboratory-based surveillance and quality management systems in Vanuatu
Tobacco use continues holding back the potential of the Pacific
World No Tobacco Day falls on 31 May every year, highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and promoting effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. It is a grim fact that tobacco use kills seven million people every year…
Graphic Design Contest launched to raise NCD awareness
The Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office in Fiji through the Wake Up! Project are launching a graphic design contest for youth from the Pacific to raise awareness on non-communicable diseases (NCDs)…
Why the Pacific is taking an integrated approach to climate change and NCDs
The Island nations of the Pacific region are a community encompassing many unique traditions, cultures and experiences. These generally small island nations are spread across one the largest and most important regions on Earth. With small populations…
France, SPC to scale up health security in the Pacific
The Pacific Community (SPC) and Agence française de développement (AFD) join forces in strengthening public health surveillance and response capacities to tackle epidemics, emerging transmissible diseases, antimicrobial resistance and climatic disaster…
Nutritionists develop action plan to promote healthy diet and lifestyles in the Pacific
A Nutrition Workshop, hosted by the Pacific Community (SPC), took place from 28-30 November in Nadi, Fiji. Nutritionists from 20 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), together with development partners and other stakeholders gathered to…
Regional training aims to help control spread of deadly leptospirosis in the Pacific
A training course for health professionals aiming at increasing knowledge and skills in surveillance and control of leptospirosis in the region took place in Noumea this week at the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pasteur Institute of New Caledonia (IPNC…