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      27 June 2025
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      Cook Islands raises tobacco tax as a step towards achieving tobacco-free islands

      30 August 2025
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      Five million people in the Pacific still lack access to basic drinking water services – WHO, UNICEF

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      Solomon Islands health facilitators strengthen regional fight against diabetes

      17 July 2025
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      HPV vaccine rollout begins: A life-saving shot for the girls of Solomon Islands

      20 June 2025
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      13 June 2025
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      How Tonga and WHO are joining forces to strengthen dengue outbreak response

      29 May 2025
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      Ministry of Health and Medical Services urges call to action against measles and polio

      16 May 2025
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      Cook Islands’ first Joint External Evaluation takes a multisectoral, holistic approach to strengthen health security

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      24 April 2025
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      24 April 2025
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      Solomon Islands enhances national emergency workforce capabilities with a multisectoral approach

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      20 March 2025
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      Fiji assesses its needs for effective implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

      13 March 2025
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      Fiji's FEMAT reclassified: maintaining global standards as an emergency medical team

      20 January 2025
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      Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services paves the way for digital health transformation

      16 January 2025
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      WHO advisory on trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus

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      27 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      Cook Islands raises tobacco tax as a step towards achieving tobacco-free islands

      30 August 2025
      Joint News Release

      Five million people in the Pacific still lack access to basic drinking water services – WHO, UNICEF

      13 August 2025
      Media release

      Western Province hosts critical emergency response training with MHMS and WHO

      12 August 2025
      Media release

      Solomon Islands health facilitators strengthen regional fight against diabetes

      17 July 2025
      Media release

      HPV vaccine rollout begins: A life-saving shot for the girls of Solomon Islands

      20 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      Building resilience through multisectoral approach: Vanuatu completes first Joint External Evaluation to strengthen health security

      13 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      How Tonga and WHO are joining forces to strengthen dengue outbreak response

      29 May 2025
      Media release

      Using the One Health approach to fight antimicrobial resistance in Solomon Islands

      16 May 2025
      Media release

      Ministry of Health and Medical Services urges call to action against measles and polio

      16 May 2025
      Joint News Release

      Cook Islands’ first Joint External Evaluation takes a multisectoral, holistic approach to strengthen health security

      7 May 2025
      Joint News Release

      A milestone in public health and disease surveillance: Fiji launches Pathogen Genomics Laboratory

      29 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Samoa becomes the first Pacific Island country to launch National Action Plan for Health Security

      24 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Harnessing data to improve care in diabetic foot injury

      24 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Solomon Islands enhances national emergency workforce capabilities with a multisectoral approach

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      20 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Ministry of Health and Medical Services and WHO conduct capacity-building training on HACCP for water bottling industry in Honiara

      18 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Fiji assesses its needs for effective implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

      13 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Fiji's FEMAT reclassified: maintaining global standards as an emergency medical team

      20 January 2025
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      Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services paves the way for digital health transformation

      16 January 2025
      Joint News Release

      WHO advisory on trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus

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      27 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      Cook Islands raises tobacco tax as a step towards achieving tobacco-free islands

      30 August 2025
      Joint News Release

      Five million people in the Pacific still lack access to basic drinking water services – WHO, UNICEF

      13 August 2025
      Media release

      Western Province hosts critical emergency response training with MHMS and WHO

      12 August 2025
      Media release

      Solomon Islands health facilitators strengthen regional fight against diabetes

      17 July 2025
      Media release

      HPV vaccine rollout begins: A life-saving shot for the girls of Solomon Islands

      20 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      Building resilience through multisectoral approach: Vanuatu completes first Joint External Evaluation to strengthen health security

      13 June 2025
      Joint News Release

      How Tonga and WHO are joining forces to strengthen dengue outbreak response

      29 May 2025
      Media release

      Using the One Health approach to fight antimicrobial resistance in Solomon Islands

      16 May 2025
      Media release

      Ministry of Health and Medical Services urges call to action against measles and polio

      16 May 2025
      Joint News Release

      Cook Islands’ first Joint External Evaluation takes a multisectoral, holistic approach to strengthen health security

      7 May 2025
      Joint News Release

      A milestone in public health and disease surveillance: Fiji launches Pathogen Genomics Laboratory

      29 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Samoa becomes the first Pacific Island country to launch National Action Plan for Health Security

      24 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Harnessing data to improve care in diabetic foot injury

      24 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      Solomon Islands enhances national emergency workforce capabilities with a multisectoral approach

      6 April 2025
      Joint News Release

      WHO, SPC, UNFPA, and UNICEF in the Pacific calls for urgent action to save mothers and newborns

      20 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Ministry of Health and Medical Services and WHO conduct capacity-building training on HACCP for water bottling industry in Honiara

      18 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Fiji assesses its needs for effective implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

      13 March 2025
      Joint News Release

      Fiji's FEMAT reclassified: maintaining global standards as an emergency medical team

      20 January 2025
      News release

      Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services paves the way for digital health transformation

      16 January 2025
      Joint News Release

      WHO advisory on trends of acute respiratory infection, including human metapneumovirus

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