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…

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…

Monitoring and measuring population health

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…

A first of its kind database for persons with disability launched in Vanuatu

The Vanuatu database for People with Disability was officially launched and reaffirms the government's commitment to achieving sustainable development goals and ensuring no one is left behind. The Vanuatu database for People with Disability is the first…

Robea Daniel: Wake up Project Leader in Vanuatu and Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work (2023)

Robea Daniel Wake up Project Leader au Vanuatu et Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work (2023) Robea collabore avec la CPS en tant que chef d'équipe et jeune ambassadeur au Vanuatu depuis 2018 dans le cadre du projet "Wake Up". Ce…

Addressing the mosquito menace in the Pacific

From 2012 to April 2023, a total of 98 reported mosquito-borne viral infection outbreaks and circulation have been reported by Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). Seventy-two per cent (71/98) were dengue fever, twelve per cent (12/98) were…
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