Celebrating our beautiful babies – the Cook Islands Baby Show 2019
Save the date for September 19, when the biennial national baby show overall winners will be announced.
September 5, 2019
Media Release
Kia orana and welcome to our wellbeing-conversation with our community: Tanga’eo
Tanga’eo is the weekly communication piece of Te Marae Ora Cook Islands Ministry of Health (TMO) for our people. The burden of disease with the NCDs/obesity epidemic alongside the impact of climate change, threatens the health of the Cook Islands population as well as planetary health. Tanga’eo is a call to action. Tanga’eo is for the people of the Cook Islands.
September 4, 2019
Equitable access to quality health services for our Pa Enua
Over the past year, Te Marae Ora – Cook Islands Ministry of Health (TMO) has established and developed the flying doctors and dentists programme, in to what is now a more integrated, structured, and comprehensive mobile health service: Kaveinga Ora.
August 17, 2019
Developing our mental health services
With the aging population, alcohol and drug problems, mental health and offending, developmental disorder and suicide prevention remain high on the priority list, as the team maps out its strategic direction for the future.
August 2, 2019
Improving aged-care services in the Cook Islands
There are many current population health challenges, one of these is the challenge of ensuring suitable health care for our elderly.
August 2, 2019
‘Access to safe drinking water is a human right’ – UN 2010
The people of the Cook Islands have 100% access to basic drinking water services, however this achievement does not indicate the quality of the drinking water.
July 23, 2019
Preventable crashes continue to burden health system
Over the Easter holidays we had two motorcycle crash-related hospital admissions involving young people, one of whom was referred from Aitutaki. Both incidents were associated with alcohol.
April 30, 2019
Dengue Update – 28 March 2019
Since declaring DENV-1 in Rarotonga earlier this year, dengue notifications to the Ministry of Health now total 24 cases (18 confirmed, six probable) with half being female.
March 28, 2019
Emergency Medical Team Awareness and Capacity Building
Participants learned of the different types of EMTs that can be created for the Cook Islands and also, international EMTs that can be requested in the event of emergency.
March 15, 2019
Dengue Update – 27 February 2019
The Ministry of Health has declared a dengue outbreak following the confirmation of seven dengue cases in Rarotonga in the past month. Of these cases, one was a visitor from French Polynesia with dengue serotype 3 (DENV-3), while others were dengue serotype 1 (DENV-1).
February 28, 2019
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