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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — [Editor's note] American Samoa is often vulnerable to such epidemics due to the frequency of travel between the two Samoas. To date, the territory’s health providers — the Department of Health and LBJ hospital — have not commented on any possible local case(s).
Samoa's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The New Zealand-based salvage companies engaged by the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) are preparing to remove and dispose of the fuel and pollutants from the sunken HMNZ Manawanui.
The NZDF said work continues at the highest level to ensure biosecurity requirements and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new health report has emphasized that underfunding and a lack of healthcare workers are main challenges facing parts of the Pacific region.
The Sustainability and Resilience in Pacific Island Health Systems report was released by the Centre for Pacific and Global...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of whooping cough, or pertussis.
New Zealand has declared an epidemic of the disease.
The health ministry said a seven-week-old baby boy, who had not yet received any vaccination, was confirmed to have whooping cough earlier this month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United Nations organization for women, UN Women, has released a report on the progress made to advancing gender equality and the empowerment for women and girls.
The report is to inform this month's Asia-Pacific regional intergovernmental review of the Beijing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Top of the agenda at next week’s annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in Suva, Fiji is updating the way conservation management on the high seas is conducted and transmitted.
Project lead for the Pew Charitable Trusts, Glen...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND (AP) — As tens of thousands crowded the streets in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, on Tuesday, the throng of people, flags aloft, had the air of a festival or a parade rather than a protest.
They were marching to oppose a law that would reshape the county’s founding...
Apia, SAMOA — Work will start soon on the removal of fuel and other pollutants from the HMNZS Manawanui, which sank last month off the coast of Samoa. The operation will be done as quickly and safely as possible, according to the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF), but this would be dependent on...
Apia, SAMOA — American ambassador Tom Udall wrapped up his last official visit to Samoa at the end of last month making way for a new top diplomat for the region.
With the Republican Party winning the American elections, a diplomatic appointment will be made to reflect the Trump administration's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Global news outlets are reporting that Health officials around the world are alarmed over the likely impact of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — a longtime vaccine sceptic who was tapped for the health secretary role this week — on global health. Experts from Samoa have been...