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Our work in Fiji
Elesi, Salome and Loata collects mosquito larvae during the World Mosquito Day event as part of an awareness exercise about mosquito breeding sites.
The WHO Representative Office in the South Pacific, located in Suva, Fiji, operates under the umbrella of the Western Pacific regional office, and our role is to act as a catalyst and advocate for action at all levels, from local to global, on health issues of public concern. We work together with a range of partners on closely related public health activities; including research, evaluation, awareness raising and resource mobilization.
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Pacific Islands–WHO multi-country cooperation strategy 2024–2029
The Pacific Islands–WHO Multi-country Cooperation Strategy 2024–2029, or MCCS, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) through a consultative process involving 21 Pacific Island countries and areas (PICs), outlines WHO’s comprehensive and tailored medium-term support plan in the Pacific. This summary provides an overview of the MCCS, highlighting its alignment with regional and global health strategies.
Health system and health situation
Health care is delivered through a network of facilities overseen by the Ministry of Health and progress has been made to expand access; however, gaps including lack of health workers and infrastructure in rural and remote areas persist. Key health challenges include the high burden of NCDs such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity. Infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases also persist. Priorities for improving health outcomes include boosting prevention and control of NCDs, achieving universal access to quality care including for women and children, improving the social determinants of health, and building resilient health systems capable of withstanding climate change impacts and natural disasters.
Publications
Investment case for tobacco control in Fiji
Tobacco is a health and sustainable development issue. Tobacco causes early death and disease, results in high health costs and economic losses, widens...
Urban health capacities assessment and response: implementing food safety in Suva, Fiji
Assessing and using capacities that create synergies across sectors and levels of governance can significantly improve urban health and well-being. The...
The Pacific Islands–WHO Multi-country Cooperation Strategy 2024–2029, or MCCS, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) through a...
Fifteenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, 20-22 September 2023: meeting report
The Fifteenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting brought together health leaders from across the Pacific, hosted by the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga...
Report of the Regional Director : the work of WHO in the Western Pacific Region, 1 July 2022 - 30 June...
Covering the period from July 2022 to June 2023, this Report highlights how WHO in the Western Pacific Region has worked to turn the hard lessons of the...
Workshop on Regulating Food Marketing to Children in the Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, 21-22 November 2022: meeting...
In response to the increasing prevalence of childhood overweight, obesity and malnutrition, and the harmful impact of food marketing on children’s...
Report of the Regional Director : the work of WHO in the Western Pacific Region, 1 July 2021 - 30 June...
This report, covering the period from July 2021 to June 2022, highlights how WHO continued supporting countries and areas in the Western Pacific Region...
Health and climate change country profile 2021: Fiji
This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Fiji provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...
Health and climate change: country profile 2020: Fiji
This WHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Fiji provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities,...
WHO guidance for climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities
The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable...
The Pacific Island Countries and Areas–WHO Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022 (the “Cooperation Strategy”) documents the medium-term...
All countries with a WHO office have a Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS). CCSs are flexible to align with the national health planning cycle (generally...
Health information systems in the Pacific at a glance 2016
This report provides a 2016 snapshot of the status of national health information systems (HIS) in the Pacific. The Meeting on Strengthening Health Information...
WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2018-2022: Fiji
The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is WHO’s strategic framework to guide the Organization’s work in and with a country. It responds to...
Health and climate change: country profile 2015: Fiji
The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate...
Workload indicators of staffing need (WISN): selected country implementation experiences
Since the launch of the computerised version of the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) tool in 2010, many countries have implemented WISN studies...
FAO/UNICEF/WHO Workshop on National Food and Nutrition Policies in the Pacific, Nadi, Fiji Islands, 27-31...
Report from the Workshop on national food and nutrition policies and ICN follow-up for the Pacific Island countries, Nadi, Fiji Islands, 27-31 March 1995.