Apia outcome : Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting, 2-4 July 2013

Overview

The first meeting of Pacific Health Ministers was convened in Yanuca, Fiji, in 1995. Subsequent biennial meetings have further addressed key health issues in the Pacific. The Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting, jointly organized by the Ministry of Health of the Independent State of Samoa, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and World Health Organization (WHO) was convened 2–4 July 2013 in Apia, Samoa. Forty representatives, including 11 ministers, from 19 Pacific island countries and areas participated in the meeting. Additionally, representatives from more than 15 United Nations offices, specialized agencies, and other development partners and donors were in attendance.