MANA dashboard presentation at Pacifc Heads of Health Meeting 2018
The Pacific region is often referred to as ‘the Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) capital of the world’. The Pacific Island countries and Territories (PICTs) leaders have declared NCD to be a crisis and committed to take action on the Pacific NCD Roadmap, which specified policy and legislation measures aimed at preventing NCD.
SPC recently completed a training programme designed to build capacity of health professionals from the French-speaking Pacific Island countries and territories (New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia and Vanuatu). The programme consisted of four modules designed to improve participants’ skills in managing health promotion projects that target non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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Video and picture: Tui
Well-known for its landscapes, authentic and welcoming population, the Pacific region is also sadly famous because of the high rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs are today the main cause of death in the Pacific. To help tackle this regional health crisis, the Public Health Division of the Pacific Community (SPC) began the Wake Up project.
7th Pacific Heads of Health Group Photo
At the 7th Pacific Heads of Health (PHoH) meeting, leaders declared that primary care and access to universal health care must be priorities for improving the health of the region’s population.
"Wake up !" or how to engage Pacific youth in efforts to control NCDs
During the Food and Innovation Village (VAI) event, held at the House of Culture in Tahiti (French Polynesia) from 28 to 30th of March, Solène Bertrand-Protat, Non-communicable Diseases Adviser, launched the new book produced by the Pacific Community "Edible leaves of the Pacific". The aim of this publication is to enable Pacific Islanders to cook Pacific green leaves with nutritional benefits (vitamins and minerals) that we can grow on our own or found at a low-cost market.
“Sport-Santé” (Health through Sports) is a public health programme designed to encourage physical exercise as a way to control non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The eight-month pilot study in Tahiti allowed doctors to prescribe exercise classes for patients with NCDs (exercise prescriptions). Patients were referred to Maita'i Sport Santé, a network of sports trainers who design appropriate exercises for specific medical conditions.
“Office Exercise” (Public Health Division)
Easy exercise tips for the office
