Thirteen health professionals from eight Pacific Island countries and territories are in Fiji for the third and final module of the Pacific Course on Operational Research.

The training which starts in Nadi today, is jointly organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).

World Tuberculosis Day reminds us all of the important work under way to eradicate this highly infectious and sometimes fatal disease, but also that more needs to be done to save lives across the Pacific and globally.

“We’ve achieved significant progress in the detection and treatment of tuberculosis cases in the Pacific region in recent years, but a renewed effort is essential to ‘reach, treat and cure everyone’,” according to a Tuberculosis Epidemiologist at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Jojo Merilles.