World No Tobacco Day
Yesterday was World No Tobacco Day with the theme “We need more food, not tobacco”. It aims at raising awareness of alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers.
A new breath of life! Patient education and smoking
Meet Teva, a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a respiratory disease that is often linked to smoking. With the support of a patient education nurse, Teva begins to understand the risks that smoking poses to his health,…
5th Pacific Biomedical Network Meeting
Details: The Pacific Biomedical Network (PBN) 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 were able to provide support, share…
Pacific Heads of Health focus on key health issues
Our nurses, our future
Today is International Nurses Day with the theme of our nurses, our future.
Nurses are at the frontline of health and approximately 74% of the Pacific healthcare workforce are nurses and the majority of health services are delivered by them.
Across the Pacific young people are taking responsibility for their future health with the: Wake Up ! Project
Fourteenth Pacific Heads of Health (PHoH) Meeting (2023)
The main objective of the meeting is to review, discuss and make recommendations to the Pacific Health Ministers Meeting.
Let’s build on 75 years of health progress in the Pacific to achieve a healthier future: Tonga Ministry of Health, SPC, WHO
These are just some of the many public health milestones that we should be proud of as people in the Pacific. These successes are a testament to what we can achieve if we all –leaders, health workers, volunteers, communities, partners and…
Be active for the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Meet Ranihei, a young woman from French Polynesia with a sedentary lifestyle, who gets help from a patient education nurse in managing her excess weight.