World Diabetes Day 2017 - Statement by the Pacific Community Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga

On 14 November, the Pacific Community (SPC) joins the world in commemorating World Diabetes Day (WDD). The theme of WDD 2017 is ‘Women and diabetes – our right to a healthy future’. This year’s campaign promotes the importance of affordable and equitable…

Strengthening disease surveillance and response in Tuvalu

This week fifteen health workers from Tuvalu began the first of five modules for the Postgraduate Certificate in Field Epidemiology (PGCFE), a capacity development programme delivered by the Pacific Community (SPC) together with partners from the Pacific…

Training session on collecting and analysing non-communicable disease (NCD) health data

This week the Pacific Community (SPC) Public Health Division has held a training session in Papeete to help health promotion workers from Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Vanuatu learn how to collect and analyse non-communicable…

Strengthening Pacific diabetes associations to speak up for the needs of people with diabetes

The Pacific Community (SPC) hosted the inaugural Pacific Diabetes Associations Meeting in Nadi on September 20 to 21, a regional meeting to strengthen Pacific diabetes associations and enhance collaboration to address the diabetes epidemic in the Pacific.

Commonwealth and SPC sign MOU on healthcare

An agreement signed today in Apia, Samoa will strengthen cooperation between the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Pacific Community on healthcare.The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, and…

Pacific health ministers gather to address islands’ key health challenges, solutions

Health ministers from 20 Pacific island countries and areas convened yesterday in the Cook Islands for the 12th Pacific Health Ministers Meeting. The biennial gathering seeks to reaffirm the importance of the Healthy Islands vision in promoting and…

Youth raise awareness on Non-communicable Diseases at workshop in Noumea

Youth from Pacific Island countries and territories have gathered in Noumea, New Caledonia this week for a five-day media and communications training on Noncommunicable Diseases (NDCs). The training organized by the Pacific Community (SPC) and the United…

Harmonising pesticide registration in Pacific Island countries

Twelve Pacific Island Countries supported by the Pacific Community (SPC) have established a Pesticide Regulatory Forum which will serve as the primary platform for the harmonisation of pesticide registration and use in the Pacific. The forum will…

New regional initiative targets improvement in health service delivery

Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of health service delivery and workforce development in the Pacific is the focus of a new Australian Government funded program to be implemented through a partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC), the Fiji…

Celebrating 20 years of Pacific Public Health Surveillance Networking

The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) will celebrate its 20th anniversary this week (19-22 April) at a regional meeting in Suva, Fiji. This event, which is organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with the World Health…
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