Chief Nursing Officer of the World Health Organization
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — As a young girl growing up in Tonga, Dr Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tuipulotu lived only two minutes' walk from the hospital she would eventually lead.
Her relatives from Tonga's outer islands would travel to the capital Nuku'alofa and stay with her family to access specialist...

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