Te Marae Ora wishes to update the public regarding the
2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) respiratory virus outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China. 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus that has not been previously identified and it is now
spreading widely across China, parts of Asia, and the rest of the world.
Public health wishes to advise that we have a family of three in Rarotonga recently
September 10 is Global suicide prevention day. This year’s theme is ‘Working together to prevent Suicide’. This theme highlights our collective role in preventing suicide and reducing harm in our community.
Save the date for September 19, when the biennial national baby show overall winners will be announced.
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.
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.
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.
There are many current population health challenges, one of these is the challenge of ensuring suitable health care for our elderly.
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.
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.
