PIHOA News

PIHOA E-Blast: Building Defense Against Cervial Cancer – Colposcopy Mastery Training for Guam Clinicians
January 29, 2024 (Hagåtña, Guam) - January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and to increase Guam’s capacity to prevent this deadly but preventable disease, eleven of Guam’s doctors and nurses from the Todu Guam Foundation, Marianas Physicians Group, Seventh Day...

PIHOA E-Blast: Yap State DHS and PIHOA Partner to Establish Dengue Early Warning Systems For Strengthened Dengue Detection and Prevention
January 19, 2024 (Yap, FSM) - The Pacific Island Health Officers' Association (PIHOA), through funding support from the U.S. Department of State's Diminishing Dengue in the Indo-Pacific with Climate Services: Developing Predictive Models Towards a Regional Early...

PIHOA E-Blast: SAVE THE DATE – 74th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting
January 12, 2024 (Honolulu, HI) - Save the date for the 74th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, this March 25-29! Read the full E-Blast HERE.

2023 Happy Holidays
December 23, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - Wishing you all the warmest and happiest of holidays from the PIHOA Board and Secretariat! We send our sincerest wishes and prayers that you will be able to take some time to enjoy and laugh in the company of family and friends,...

PIHOA E-Blast: 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting – Si Yu’us Ma’ase!
December 22, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - The PIHOA Secretariat wishes to convey a heartfelt Si Yu'us Ma'ase and thank you to all of you who could join us in Saipan for the 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting. Our sincere gratitude for your participation, support, valuable...

Fellowship Program Final Graduation Presentation – Lu-Ann Edward
November 28, 2023 (Hagatna, Guam) - Join us today for the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Graduation Presentation by Cohort 2 Fellow Lu-Ann Edward. Lu-Ann will complete her two-year PPHF Program next month with the Pohnpei Community Health Center. Those...

Fellowship Program Final Graduation Presentation – Johnica Castro
November 22, 2023 (Hagatna, Guam) - Join us today for the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Graduation Presentation by Cohort 2 Fellow Johnica Castro. Next month, Johnica will complete her two-year PPHF Program with the Guam Department of Public Health and...

Join us for the Meet the Expert session on Health Equity in the USAPIs with Dr. Brian P. Mangum
November 17, 2023 (Hagatna, Guam) - Join us today, Friday, November 17, 2023, at 9:00am (Chamorro Standard Time, Guam) with Dr. Brian P. Mangum for a session on health equity within the USAPIs. This session is part of the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Programs Meet...

Fellowship Program Final Graduation Presentation – Eloise Lopez
November 6, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - Join us tomorrow for the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Graduation Presentation by Cohort 2 Fellow Eloise Lopez. Eloise is nearing the completion of her two-year PPHF Program at the CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation,...

PIHOA E-Blast: Public Health Professionals Complete Field Epidemiology Training in Guam
October 27, 2023 (Hagåtña, Guam) - Nine Guam-based public health professionals completed the first tier of the Strengthening Health Intervention in the Pacific (SHIP) field epidemiology training program (FETP). They learned to collect, analyze, interpret, communicate,...