PIHOA News
Join the RMI COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Team!
October 1, 2021 (Majuro, RMI) – Originally from Fiji, Epidemiologist Jane Matanaicake and Public Health Nurses Elesi Tabuiga and Tavaita Suvirara recently joined the Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Health and Human Services (RMI MOHHS) COVID-19...
Congratulations to the CNMI, who now have 14 Certified Laboratory Shippers
September 24, 2021 (Saipan, CNMI) - Earlier this month, the CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation Laboratory, with support from PIHOA, recertified eight laboratory shippers from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The purpose of the training was to strengthen and...
PIHOA E-Blast: Vacancy – Microbiologist I (American Samoa)
September 23, 2021 (Tafuna, American Samoa) - PIHOA is looking for two qualified and experienced Microbiologists to support the American Samoa Department of Health's COVID-19 preparedness and response lab-based public health screening and diagnostic testing...
PIHOA E-Blast: Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applicants
September 22, 2021 (Honolulu, HI) - The Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program (PPHFP) is now accepting applicants! The PPHFP is a two-year educational program that provides promising career-minded individuals with robust and practical hands-on learning and training...
Congratulations to Mr. Marcus Samo, who was recently appointed as the FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs Secretary of Health!
September 17, 2021 (Pohnpei, FSM) - Please join us in extending our sincerest congratulations to Mr. Marcus Samo, who was recently appointed as the FSM Department of Health & Social Affairs Secretary of Health. Many of you know Secretary Samo from his...
Devastating decisions loom for the territories if Congress does not act by Sept. 30
September 16, 2021 (Saipan, CNMI) - Imagine a health care system that serves over 3.5 million U.S. citizens (more than the state of Utah) facing up to an 85 percent cut to its federal funding allocation every few years. This is the case for the five U.S....
PIHOA E-Blast: Position Vacancies – Open Until Filled
September 14, 2021 (Honolulu, HI) - Join the PIHOA Secretariat Team! We are currently seeking applicants for the following positions: Human Resources Administrator - Honolulu, Office Administrator - Honolulu and Office Administrator - Guam. Learn more HERE!...
Pohnpei State Hospital becomes the first in the USAPI to roll out a Comprehensive Laboratory Handbook
September 8, 2021 (Pohnpei, FSM) - The Pohnpei State Hospital becomes the first in the USAPI to roll out a Comprehensive Laboratory Handbook! Maopa Raikabula, a Medical Laboratory Technologist at the Pohnpei State Hospital, said, “The information will be an...
Voices from the Field: Building Micronesian Dengue Early Warning Systems
September 3, 2021 (Majuro, RMI & Pohnpei, FSM) - With the support of the U.S. State Department - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, PIHOA teamed up with the FSM Department of Health & Social Affairs and RMI Ministry...
Pacific Islands Against Cervical Cancer (PIACe) Project Stakeholder Site Visit Held in Guam
September 2, 2021 (Mangilao, Guam) - Cervical cancer is the third most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. In countries without access to cervical cancer screening and prevention, the incidence and mortality rates rise. As of 2016, cervical cancer remains...