Stat of the week: case fatality ratio of COVID-19 in the Pacific Islands for the period March 2020 to January 2021
1%: The case fatality ratio* of COVID-19 in the Pacific Islands for the period March 2020 to January 2021 (* this is the proportion of people who die among all individuals diagnosed with the disease).
Animated video takes home top TikTok Challenge prize
By: IOM/Olivia Blinn
When Destiny Etse first heard that she had won the FSM COVID-19 TikTok Challenge for her animated video, she did not believe that it was true. Posts on social media and an FSM-wide SMS blast confirmed it — Destiny had won the Gold…
Stat of the week: Total cumulative cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific in 2020
25 260: Total cumulative cases of COVID-19 in the Pacific in 2020 (11 countries recorded no cases of COVID-19).
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Strengthening vital partnerships in the Pacific to support health sector responses to COVID-19
The European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their existing partnership to support health sector responses to…
Healthy Tips: Plan your self-care time to start 2021 smoothly
35th ICRI General Meeting
In light of the current global situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the ICRI Secretariat will organise a virtual General Meeting the week of February 1st, 2021. The 3 following sessions will be held:
Foundations for change: Members endorse SPC’s 2021 Transition Plan
Photo: New Caledonia is the current Chair of the CRGA Subcommittee on the Strategic Plan
The Pacific Community’s governing body has endorsed the Transition Plan for 2021: Foundations for a resilient future which comes into effect on 1 January 2021.
Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific
This blog originally appeared on the Griffith Asia Institute website, it has been reposted here with permission.
What is SPC? - The establishment of the Pacific Community (SPC) as an intergovernmental organisation
Do you know how and when the Pacific Community was created?
In 1947 the world was still recovering from the second world war that had brought turbulence and uncertainty to the Pacific.
No cases, but Nauru continues to train for potential COVID-19 outbreak
The Pacific region has been spared from the mass outbreaks of COVID-19 that have taken place throughout the world over the last year. But while Pacific nations can be rightly proud of their quick actions to control the disease, they are not…