COVID-19: Pacific Community Updates
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The COVID-19 (COrona VIrus Disease 2019) outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. Globally, nations are taking actions to reduce and …
Emergency funding support to strengthen Pacific Island countries’ health security response capacity
‘Agence française de développement’ (AFD - the French Development Agency) is providing the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) with an EUR 2 million package of emergency financial support, designed to strengthen the epidemic surveillance…
Working together on the COVID-19 crisis: CROP Statement
Working together on the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Paula Vivili, Director of SPC’s Public Health division, discusses COVID-19 in the Pacific
European Union provides 3 million euro to strengthen health security in the Pacific
The European Union (EU) has provided EUR 3 million (FJD 7.2 million) to the Pacific Community (SPC) to strengthen health security in the Pacific.
The Public Health Surveillance Network Services to Strengthen Health Security in the Pacific project, which…
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.
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 13…
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…
Workshop 2 on the development of the ‘Manual on surveillance and control of Aedes vectors in the Pacific’
The specific objectives of the Manual are:
An easy-to-follow reference guide for surveillance and control of Aedes vectors that is appropriate to the various contexts of Pacific Island countries and territories
A document that can serve as a reference…
Laboratory Mentorship Programme: Two laboratory officers from Kiribati on attachment at Mataika House Fiji
SPC introduced a laboratory mentorship programme
which consists of, among others, a 2-week twinning activity with
pre-identified Level 2 reference laboratory. The laboratory mentorship
programme focuses on tasks performed by laboratory officers in…