Apia, Samoa – 09 February 2024: The Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is currently working with researchers from the University of...
Pacific Island governments are increasingly imposing taxes on unhealthy foods as they battle a non-communicable disease crisis, a New Zealand study shows. The research, led by...
Apia, Samoa – 01 February, 2024. The National University of Samoa (NUS) celebrated a significant milestone with the official launch of its Bachelor of Health Science...
By Lagi Keresoma/ “It costs a Samoan patient NZ$980 for dialysis treatment in New Zealand and ST$600 for a Samoan overseas patient to be treated locally.”...
Apia, Samoa – 11 January 2024: The President of the Samoa Victim Support Group, Siliniu Lina Chang says its Helpline service established in 2013, is now...
Source: RNZI A group of Pacific scientists say they have found two traditional Samoan medicine extracts which have antiviral activity against the virus which causes Covid-19....
Apia, Samoa – 20 October 2023: The Australian High Commission warmly congratulates Interplast and Samoa’s Ministry of Health for 40 years of partnership and collaboration that...
By Lagi Keresoma Apia, Samoa – 13 October 2023: The dreaded 2019 measles tragedy that claimed 83 lives from over 5000 cases could repeat itself given...
Apia, Samoa – 6 Oct 2023: A new state-of-the-art diagnostic laboratory based in Motootua is set to reduce the turnaround time of critical medical results from...
By Lagi Keresoma Apia, Samoa – 05 October 2023: The number of women cancer patients registered with the Samoa Cancer Society (SCS) continues to rise with...
