The ‘hidden’ health danger of climate change
A Public Lecture by the Director-General of the Pacific Community
by DR COLIN TUKUITONGA
13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC)
The 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) will now take place June 6-16, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The announcement from the FestPAC Hawaiʻi Commission and The Pacific Community (SPC), the custodian of FestPAC, follows two postponements of…
Regional Laboratory Biosafety Cabinet Basic Maintenance Training
This training will cover basic procedural report writing and practical applications in a laboratory setting. This will allow laboratory participants to have a good knowledge of the Biosafety cabinets and demarcate the basic maintenance tasks to be…
Samoa advances developments in health information and digital systems
Now available: SPC Regional Health Guidelines App
Health workers across the Pacific region can now access Regional Health Guidelines via their smart devices. The SPC Regional Health Guidelines App is available to download for free through the App Store and Google Play and once installed, the guidelines…
Pacific Heads of Health 2024
The main objective of the meeting is to review, discuss and make recommendations to the Pacific Health Ministers Meeting. Click here for past meeting information.
6th Pacific Biomedical Engineering Network Meeting
The Pacific Biomedical Engineering Network formerly known as Pacific Biomedical Network 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…
World Health Day 2024: My health, my right
7th April marks World Health Day and this year the theme is My Health, My Right.
The Pacific Community (SPC) continues to work with its Pacific member countries in science, technology and innovation while also championing and creating awareness for…
A Remarkable Journey of Orthopaedics in the Pacific
The Pacific Island countries are witnessing significant progress, in the area of orthopaedics, a medical speciality that deals with treating bones and muscles. A training program delivered by the Pacific Islands Orthopaedic Association (PIOA) has been in…