About WHO in Fiji

The World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) was established on 7 April 1948 as the directing and coordinating authority in global public health within the United Nations system. Working at three levels in the Organization (global, regional and country), more than 7000 WHO staff worldwide collaborate with the governments of 194 Member States and other partners to achieve the WHO founding vision of the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all people.

The Western Pacific Region

The WHO Western Pacific Region is home to more than one quarter of the world’s population, stretching over more than one third of the distance around the globe. In all, more than 600 WHO staff work in 15 country offices and the Regional Office in Manila, Philippines, to support Member States in achieving better health outcomes for the Region’s nearly 1.9 billion people in 37 countries and areas.

WHO presence in Fiji

The WHO Representative Office in the South Pacific, located in Suva, Fiji, operates under the umbrella of the Western Pacific regional office, and our role is to act as a catalyst and advocate for action at all levels, from local to global, on health issues of public concern. We work together with a broad spectrum of partners from all sectors of society, WHO is involved in a host of closely related public health activities; including research, evaluation, awareness raising and resource mobilization.

Our purpose is to lead the regional response to public health issues on all fronts - medical, technical, socio-economic, cultural, legal and political - towards the achievement of WHO's global health mission which is to support all countries and peoples in their quest to achieve the highest attainable level of health. This is defined in the WHO Constitution as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

WHO Representative for the South Pacific:
Dr Mark Jacobs

Office address:
Level 4 Provident Plaza One Downtown Boulevard 33 Ellery Street, Suva, Fiji

Postal address:
P.O. Box 113, Suva, Fiji

Tel:
+679 323 4100 (general line)
+679 330 4116 (WR's direct line)

Fax:
+679 323 4166
+679 323 4177

Office hours:
08.00 - 17.00 (Monday to Friday)

Email:
wpfjiwr@who.int

Address:
Dinem House, 88 Amy Street, Toorak P.O. Box 2223, Government Building Suva, Fiji

Tel:
+679 3306177

Email:
info@health.gov.fj

Website:
http://www.health.gov.fj/