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DEPT. OF HEALTH

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services (ASDoH-EHS) has put piggery owners on notice. “Disposing of pig waste directly onto grounds near the ocean is unacceptable.  “These pig wastes are surely seeping through the ground and most likely are...
Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Shape up or ship out” these words were uttered by Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei in response to complaints raised by DoH staff about “new changes” to be implemented in the coming year. “The changes we are making is to better our service to the public...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Services has issued a stern warning to members of the business community specifically on meat packing and meat cutting. In a statement posted on their official Facebook Page, the ASDOH says that meatpacking, meat...
Congresswoman Uifa’atal Amata
Washington, D.C. — Two grants for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH)  will increase data collection and analysis, as well as further COVID vaccination support in American Samoa. “I am very thankful to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)  for these awards,” said...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If you’re thinking of bringing masi saiga and masi Samoa from neighboring Samoa for personal use and instead then turn around and sell it at local stores to make some cash, think again! As part of inspections for business license renewals for the new year, the Department...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Complaints from the public have prompted the Department of Health, Environmental Health Services Division to conduct site inspections. Last week DOH shut down Milovale, Carl’s Jr and a laundromat in Auto, according to the director of the ASDOH Environmental Health...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the first time since the outbreak of the community spread of COVID-19 was first recorded in American Samoa on Feb. 28, the Health Department reports “zero” new positive cases of the deadly virus, according to the DoH Situational Report for the week of Oct. 24 to Oct...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New positive cases from the community spread of COVID-19 remain at single digit-numbers for the second week in a row, and the number of people who were tested also decreased, according to the Health Department’s COVID-19 Situational Report for the week of Sept. 19 to...
DOC DIRECTOR Petti Matilla
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Commerce does not “dictate to a business owner how they should operate” was the response from its Director, Petti Matilla to concerns raised by the Department of Health’s Head of Environmental Health Services Aileen Solaita, about businesses operated by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center is defending not closing the hospital’s cafeteria, which was found to be “unsafe and unsanitary” last month by the Department of Health and deemed “closed”. In an announcement released by LBJ Chief Executive Officer, Moefaauo William Bill...

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