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Healthy Eating

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Emergency Contraceptives

Less sugar for healthy heart: Heart Foundation

Fiji Heart Foundation, a charitable trust which provides free operations for the poor and needy citizens of Fiji who are suffering from heart diseases has endorsed the lead taken by the Ministry of Health and Fiji Food and Nutrition Center in addressing the intake of refined sugars by all Fijians.

Vakabulabula ne Qele

Vakabulabula ne Qele

Fiji’s NCD Challenges

Part Six:   Hypertension Hypertension Bad eating habits contribute significantly to unhealthily high blood pressure levels, even in middle age, when blood pressure levels typically rise as part of the ageing process. Whether or not medication is pr...

Mystery illness identified

There are a few viruses that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease in humans and they are not the same viruses that cause foot (hoof) and mouth in animals. The virus identified from the laboratory results is Coxsackie virus A6 which typically causes a mild illness with nearly all patients recovering in 7–10 days without medical treatment. So far almost all children seen in these Suva clinics were sent home with treatment.

Non Communicable Diseases

  • Health Web Page
  • November 18, 2010
Fiji lies in the heart of Pacific Ocean midway between the equator and the South Pole and between the equator and between longitudes 175 and 178 west and latitudes 15 and 22 south. The Fiji Islands are made up of approximately 330 islands of which, o...

Interplast team visit

  • News Item
  • November 16, 2010
A medical team from Cairns – in Queensland is currently performing plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Lautoka Hospital Health Ministry spokesperson Peni Namotu says the team of one anaesthetist, a plastic surgeon and two nurses will be work...

Potato shortage

  • News Item
  • November 15, 2010
Ministry of Health is aware of the potato shortage in the country and advices the public to consider local alternatives to potatoes Root crops such as kumala, tapioca, dalo, and yam can be used in place of potatoes. Buying local will promot...

Launching of the First National Climate Change and Health Pilot Project

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  • October 27, 2010
The Ministry of Health along with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Development Program (UNDP) today launched the first national project on public health adaptation to climate change at the Novotel Convention Center, Suva. This project ...