Tag: World Health Organisation
Tongan community welcomes official word from Tongan government
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Tongan communities in New Zealand feel relieved to hear official information from the government of Tonga for the first...
Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’
RNZ News
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the global handling of the covid-19 pandemic is marred with failures, gaps and delays.
Clark is...
New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation
REVIEW: By Krishan Dutta
While the covid-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, this book sheds light...
Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation
Facebook News
Facebook has today launched a public education campaign to help people in five Pacific Island countries and territories learn how to identify and...
Former PM Helen Clark on panel’s call for reform over ‘runaway...
RNZ News
An international panel co-chaired by former prime minister Helen Clark is calling for urgent reform of the world's pandemic preparedness.
In its review, the...
NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for...
World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope,...
Pacific Media Watch
The World Health Organisation has pledged to "hit hard" against the deadly coronavirus
while saying there is hope and "we are not defenceless".
WHO...
NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death...
By RNZ News
A man has died of the Wuhan coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will...
First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China
By RNZ News
The first Australian case of Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed, with a man being held under isolation in a Melbourne hospital.
News of...
Japan’s Kasai nominated as Western Pacific’s next WHO regional director
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Japan's candidate, Dr Takeshi Kasai, has been elected as the next World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific.
Health...
Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post
The Western Pacific post for the World Health Organisation is a vitally important role for the region. However, reports Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific...
How PNG brought back polio and the key lessons learned
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist
When Max Manape received the confirmation in Papua New Guinea his heart sank. A 22-month-old girl had been diagnosed...
NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director
By Barbara Dreaver
Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation.
The region's health...
Indonesia on track to having world’s highest smoking rates
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
With few commitments to curb cigarette consumption, Indonesia is poised to have the largest population of smokers in the...
Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection
Pacific Media Centre
By Losalini Bolatagici in Suva
Fiji and other Pacific Island nations have been warned about the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
The Secretariat of the Pacific...
Aumua appointed head of Pacific Community’s operations in Fiji
Report from Noumea by the Pacific Community
Educator and health policy specialist Dr Audrey Aumua has been appointed as Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community...
