Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting

The Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting was held in Apia, Samoa on 2–4 July 2013. The Government of Samoa hosted the meeting with support from WHO and the Pacific Community (SPC).

The meeting provided an opportunity to continue to move towards the Healthy Islands vision. Health Ministers discussed progress on commitments made during the 2011 Honiara meeting, specifically in addressing the four top priorities of human resources, health information systems, mental health and the social determinants of health. Health ministers also discussed actions needed to scale up responses to challenges such as the noncommunicable disease (NCD) crisis affecting the Pacific and health workforce development.

Learn more about the outcomes and commitments made at the Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting.