OPINION | Multimillion-dollar aid package: EU

French Pacific Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) have received some €36 million ($F109.95m) as part of a €300m ($F916.22m) package dedicated to the Pacific region. The package, signed under European Union’s (EU) Global Gateway program for...

Adam Pearse: Why New Zealand must learn from the Solomon Islands as Pacific forum host

Seeing how a warming climate and natural disasters eat away at the land reinforces the need for aid and demands real accountability for emissions-heavy practices. Hearing of thousands of unexploded bombs buried just centimetres under the earth,...

Dental students treat 200 village patients

THE Fiji National University’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has successfully completed a four-day outreach program at Nakavu Village in Namosi. Held from August 18–22, the initiative involved 24 students from the Bachelor of...

Bringing heroes home: UH alumni identify missing U.S. service members

Reading time: 3 minutesStephanie Medrano Two University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduates are making a difference at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), where they work to identify the remains of U.S. service members who never returned home...

Pandemics, climate shocks, unsafe food interconnected - WHO regional director

Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala speaking at the Fale Pasifika. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai The World Health Organisation regional director for the Western Pacific, Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala, has told a medical conference in Papua New Guinea that...

Fiji strengthening bilateral relations with Kiribati in the Fisheries sector

The Fiji Cabinet has agreed that potential areas of supportive collaboration be explored between the Kiribati Fisheries Ministry and Fiji’s Fisheries Ministry says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. As a chain of 33 low-lying atoll islands, Kiribati...

Dirty water causing health, education crisis in the Pacific - NGO

In remote corners of the Pacific, a lack of access to clean water is causing dire consequences for children’s health and education. "These are completely preventable deaths and illnesses, and we can do something about it really easily," said Josie...

'Burdened by diseases': Study details what's wrong with American healthcare

The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and subsequent arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania has sparked intense debates about the widely criticized practices of health insurance companies in the...

ADV Reliant to visit Kiribati, Tonga and Solomon Islands

Department of Defence Australia’s Pacific Support Vessel, Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant, has departed Brisbane on its first deployment of 2025. Further enhancing Australia’s partnership with the Pacific, ADV Reliant and crew will spend...

Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows

Americans spend more time living with diseases than people from other countries, according to a new study. On Wednesday, the American Medical Association published its latest findings, revealing that Americans live with diseases for an average of...

New paravets training in the Marshall Islands to boost animal health and livestock development

The Marshall Islands has taken a significant step forward in improving animal healthcare and livestock management, with 12 trainees successfully completing the paravet training programme.Organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) through the...

Seabed 2030 announces new partnership with the Republic of Kiribati

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Transport (MICT) for the Republic of Kiribati. The new partnership will see the two parties work...

Is Maldives Sinking? What Happens If The Islands Submerge, Does The Nation Cease To Exist?

Last Updated:September 10, 2025, 12:42 IST With 80% land less than a metre above sea level, Maldives is not just facing erosion; it is staring at existential erasure. It may not 'sink' tomorrow, but its essence could fade For Maldives, where the...

Australia invests in the Pacific to address climate change health impacts

This supports the implementation of Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy. The Australian government has announced a multimillion-dollar investment aimed at strengthening health systems in the Pacific region to address the growing...

Omicron variant is now widespread in Kiribati as 222 new Covid-19 cases recorded

Kiribati reported 222 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total positive infections to 2,173. The omicron variant is now widespread in the community as cases continue to be recorded on South Tarawa, Betio, Buota, Butaritari island and in...

COP29 failure for Pacific Islands, and updates on healthcare and infectious disease outbreaks

Introduction by Croakey: Leaders in the Pacific Island region have called COP29 a failure for not delivering progress and finance needed to support them, the frontline communities, through the climate crisis. Below, Isabelle Zhu-Maguire, PhD...

Dengue threat: Pacific health officials learn to monitor mosquitoes resistance

Photo: 123rf.com Training began in Suva, Fiji, this week to support Pacific health professionals in monitoring mosquito resistance to insecticide. The Pacific Mosquito Surveillance Strengthening for Impact (PacMOSSI) programme covers several...

OPINION | Protection in an unpredictable region

I still remember a question asked during the 2023 Australasian AID Conference, where I spoke on the panel Cash Transfers and Social Protection Programs: South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. “What is the best social protection program a...

Training Pacific health professionals to tackle dengue mosquitoes

As mosquitoes become more resistant to insecticides in the Pacific, James Cook University scientists are heading to Fiji to help stop mosquito-borne diseases becoming a critical threat to public health. Tessa Knox is a Senior Research Fellow at...

Resisting Resistance: Training Pacific Health Professionals to Tackle Dengue Mosquitoes

Participants from 11 Pacific Island Countries will receive training on techniques to tackle dengue mosquitoes at the Fiji Centre for Disease Control in Suva, Fiji. The 2024 PacMOSSI hands-on training for insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes...