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January 27 2020

For the third consecutive year, young people from different Pacific island states and territories have the opportunity to spread prevention and control messages for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) using different media, thanks to the Wake Up! Project, launched in 2017, with financial support from the Pacific Fund (France) and the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC).

January 15 2020

As measles cases continue to be reported in the Pacific, the Pacific Community (SPC) continues to closely monitor the situation and produces a weekly map showing measles and other epidemic and emerging diseases circulating in the region.

As of 13 January 2020, Pacific countries with documented measles virus circulation and alerts on the map are: American Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Australia (Queensland).

The map can be accessed online at: www.spc.int/phd/epidemics

PPHSN: 3rd Project Steering Committee Meeting

Project for Strengthening the Services of the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)

The key objective of the meeting is to update the Project Steering Committee of the recent developments in project implementation and to make recommendations about the services and initiatives to the PPHSN Coordinating Body.

23rd Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network Coordinating Body Meeting

The key objective of the meeting is to review, discuss and make recommendations about PPHSN services (PacNet, LabNet, EpiNet, PICNet, PSSS and SHIP/DDM capacity development programme) to Pacific Heads of Health.

Postgrad Certificate in Field Epidemiology training: Public Health Surveillance

Postgraduate Certificate in Field Epidemiology training - EPI 822: Public Health Surveillance

One of the five training modules of the PPHSN Postgraduate Certificate in Field Epidemiology programme accredited by Fiji National University – 28 participants are expected from Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tonga

The ‘hidden’ health danger of climate change

Dr Tukuitonga will discuss the growing impact of climate change on health in the Pacific region, highlighting the interconnectedness of these two issues, and the importance of integrating health issues into climate change adaption policy.

September 19 2019

Every year since 2017, with the financial support of the French Pacific Fund and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),the Pacific Community (SPC) has hosted Pacific youth to take part in the “Wake Up!” project.

August 14 2019

Have you ever seen these murals? If you are from Suva (Fiji), Nuku’alofa (Tonga), Port-Vila (Vanuatu) or Mata Utu (Wallis and Futuna), you might surely have noticed them.

The Pacific Youth have a message for you.

They want you to be concerned about the threats of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Training for shipping infectious substances

Dangerous Goods Training designed for medical laboratory personnel on 'General awareness, function specific and security awareness for shipping infectious substances (Category A & B), and other related hazardous materials'.

This course qualifies medical laboratory personnel to handle and process dangerous goods (e.g. biological samples) for carriage by air for a 24-month period.

Training provided by the Pacific Community (SPC) in accordance with the 60th Edition of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations.

August 14 2018

A sub-regional training workshop for health surveillance and laboratory professionals aiming at strengthening influenza surveillance in the Pacific was held in Suva (Fiji) last week.Surveillance and laboratory professionals from thirteen Pacific countries, together with regional experts, reviewed existing national systems, identified challenges and discussed ways to strengthen the syndromic and virological surveillance of influenza.

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