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Pacific Island Health leaders meet in Nuku'alofa [1]

Nuku‘alofa, Tonga

Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 10:03.  Updated on Friday, February 19, 2016 - 15:55.

From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 18, no. 1, March 2003.

Looking at the impact of lifestyle diseases, Pacific Ministers of Health

The fifth meeting of the Ministers of Health for the Pacific began in Nuku‘alofa on March 9, attended by 13 Ministers of Health and health representatives from 18 Pacific Island countries. The meeting is held every two years and is a forum where the Ministers discuss health issues that are of great concern to the people of the region.

The representative of the World Health Organisation, Dr Shigeru Omi, said that the three main issues to be scrutinised at the meeting were the impact of non-communicable diseases on Pacific Islanders due to a change in life style, their state of mental health, and the impact of a deteriorating environment on the health of the people.

The week long meeting held at the International Dateline Hotel, was chaired by the Tongan Minister of Health Dr Viliami Tangi, and attended by Deputy Director-General Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Dr Yves Corbel.
 

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