Results for Health

As Zika anxiety grows among pregnant women in Tonga, some are choosing to leave the country - like a former Miss Heilala who fears that if she gets bitten by a mosquito and catches Zika during pregnancy it might harm her unborn child - and that means it's too risky for her to stay.

No further cases of the Zika virus had been identified, two weeks after it was confirmed that Tonga had its first Zika virus case, said Tonga’s Director of Health, Dr Siale ‘Akau'ola on Friday 29 January.

A Mai e 5 campaign that promotes healthier food choices and eating among children, today awarded prizes to primary schools and principals who championed efforts to improve their health by eating fruits and vegetables. Photos by Linny Folau.

Traditional Chinese medicine was offered for two days, from November 26-27, at Vaiola Hospital by three visiting doctors from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.

“Raise a hand for hygiene,” is this year's theme for Global Handwashing Day, marked annually worldwide on October 15 to motivate and mobilise people to wash their hands with soap to keep communities healthy. In Tonga, more than 300 young students at Kolomotu'a Government Primary School are leading the way as hygiene champions. Photos by Linny Folau

Students of the ‘Ofa Tui moe ‘Amanaki Disability Centre at the Tonga Red Cross Society headquarters held a party to mark Mental Health Week in Nuku’alofa today, Thursday 8 October.

October is breast cancer awareness month and a donation of $1,000 from MBF Bank will go towards funding an awareness campaign that will be launched tomorrow, Thursday, 1 October in Nuku'alofa.

More than 20 Tongan patients who are suffering from congenital heart defect and rheumatic heart disease will be receiving life changing operations from an Australian team of medical professionals at Vaiola Hospital.

There are many mental health disorders in the community and work is being done to find out the number and offer treatment, the Director of Health Dr Siale 'Akau'ola said today, in thanking donors who have supported the Psychiatric Unit at Tonga's Vaiola Hospital.