Traditional leaders Members of Parliament Religious leaders His Excellency Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Henry Puna Acknowledging the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who is unable to be with us today. WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Dr Shin Young-soo Director General of the Pacific Community, Dr Colin…
RAROTONGA, Cook Islands, 28 August 2017 – Health ministers from 20 Pacific island countries and areas convened today in the Cook Islands for the 12th Pacific Health Ministers Meeting. The biennial gathering seeks to reaffirm the importance of the Healthy Islands vision in promoting and protecting the health of the Pacific islands people. The Healthy…
Over the past couple of weeks we have covered the background and agenda items for the 12th Pacific Health Minister’s Meeting to be held from 28th – 30th August 2017. With planning in full swing for the 12th Pacific Health Minister’s Meeting, the team in the Cook Islands thought that it was vital to let…
From the 28th – 30th August 2017 the Cook Islands will host the Pacific Health Minister’s Biennial Meeting. The Pacific Health Ministers meeting provides an opportunity to develop a consensus view of health in the Pacific and sets future directions for health in the effort to build on this idea of “Healthy Islands”. Agenda…
In August of this year, the Cook Islands will host the Pacific Health minister’s biennial meeting, and his will be the second Pacific Health Ministers meeting hosted by the Cook Islands, with the first being in 1997 where they adopted the Rarotonga Agreement: Towards Healthy Islands The Pacific Health Ministers meeting provides an opportunity to…
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In an ever changing world it is important that we plan and adapt to accommodate the different needs of our people. The Ministry of Health has recognised this- and over the past year have been working together with WHO and our various partners and stakeholders to set the direction of health into the future. Today…
Minister Nandi Glassie will be speaking on behalf of the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories in the general debate plenary session. His address will reflect the theme “Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Building Better Systems for Health” at the 70 World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from the 22 to 31 May 2017. …