A health advisory was issued by the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. last week following the declaration of the World Health Organization for a “public health emergency of international concern” due to the effects of the Zika virus in Brazil. WHO director-general Dr. Margaret Chan...

NOUMEA, New Caledonia—The urgent global public health problem of childhood obesity will bring the Director-General of the Pacific Community, Dr. Colin Tukuitonga, to West Africa this week. Tukuitonga will chair the final African Region Consultation for the World Health...

Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther Muna lauded the successful meeting of the 11th Pacific Health Ministers held recently in Fiji. The meeting solely focused on the Healthy Islands Journey project that was forged 20 years ago to improve the health of...

A surveillance survey that will seek to measure the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in the Commonwealth is being eyed for implementation in August, according to a Division of Public Health official yesterday. Becky Robles, administrator of the Division of Public...