Christchurch-based anaesthetist John Hyndman is no stranger to complicated medical machines. He’s used them for decades. But he prefers them when they are working properly. Otherwise, they are kind of scary. Particularly for his patients. So he was shocked when, in the early 2000s, he was doing voluntary work in small hospitals in the Pacific Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Pacific Island Health’
Caritas: Supporting Pacific nations prepare for COVID-19
Monday, April 6th, 2020Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand’s relationships with their partners on the ground allows the aid agency to help Pacific nations respond to their unique needs in the context of their communities. Read more
France accepts blame for nuclear tests illness in French Polynesia
Thursday, May 30th, 2019France has officially acknowledged that French Polynesians were effectively forced into accepting almost 200 nuclear tests conducted over 30 years and that it is responsible for compensating them for the illnesses caused by the fallout. The French parliament issued the admission in a bill reforming the status of the collectivity of 118 islands in the Read more
Travellers could be spreading dengue in the Pacific
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017The World Health Organisation says it’s likely dengue is being spread across the Pacific by travellers. In the Solomon Islands more than 10-thousand dengue fever cases have been confirmed since an outbreak last August, Vanuatu has had more than 1700 since November, and New Caledonia has had more than 1-thousand cases since September. WHO surveillance Read more
Tonga’s King asks church to promote healthier lifestyle
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
King Tupou VI opened the 91st Free Wesleyan Church Annual Conference at the Laumalie Ma’oni’oni Church in Neiafu, Vava’u, on June 26. In his address he urged the church leaders to be front runners in promoting a healthier lifestyle. Radio Tonga reports that the King highlighted the impact on Tonga of consuming a lot of Read more
Churches could be effective change agents in obesity campaign
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Professor Boyd Swinburn believes churches in the Pacific Islands could be effective preachers of the good news about weight loss because any effective obesity programme needs to address socio-cultural barriers and churches are often the custodians of culture. He has reached this conclusion after a three-year project to reduce obesity levels in the Pacific which worked well in Australia but was ineffective Read more
Mental health risks increase for Island youth living in NZ
Friday, March 30th, 2012
A study has found Island youths who have been born outside the Pacific or who have migrated to countries such as New Zealand, Australia or the United States, are much more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety. According to Dr Siale Foliaki, New Zealand’s first Tongan consultant psychiatrist, who was involved in the study, “People Read more
Church preaches weight reduction
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Some churches in New Zealand are taking part in programmes to encourage Pacific Island people to live in a healthier way. Some of the programmes are directed toward weight reduction. Aere Ki Mua is a new church-based health programme which has received $70,000 funding from the Waikato District Health Board’s Healthy Eating Healthy Action (HEHA) programme. Each church project received Read more