PIHOA News

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,...

Dr. Gillian Dunn Attends the Workshop on CRVS Interoperability and Data Sharing in New Zealand
October 24, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - Last week, Dr. Gillian Dunn, PIHOA Regional Health Information and Management Systems and Surveillance Coordinator attended the Technical Workshop on CRVS System Interoperability and Data Sharing in New Zealand! Primarily funded by...

Opening Remarks by the CNMI Governor Arnold I. Palacios for the 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting in Saipan!
October 12, 2023 (Saipan, CNMI) - Si yu'us ma'ase and ghillisou to the CNMI Office of Governor Arnold I. Palacios for welcoming our 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting participants to Saipan! : Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation #CNMI #Marianas #Saipan #PIHOA #USAPI...

The 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting is Underway in Saipan
October 10, 2023 (Saipan, CNMI) - Today, PIHOA health leadership from across the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands opened the 73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting here in Saipan! With Typhoon Bolaven en route, the Office of Governor Arnold I. Palacios has declared...

73rd PIHOA Meeting – Important Updates with Tropical Storm Bolaven Approaching the Marianas
October 8, 2023 (Saipan, CNMI) - Tropical Storm Bolaven is approaching the region, and the Mariana Islands are under a Typhoon Watch. The Secretariat Staff is working closely with the CNMI Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation Staff to keep you updated! PIHOA Board...

The Pacific Island Vector Management Council (PIVMC) held its first in-person meeting since the pandemic
October 2, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - Last month, the Pacific Island Vector Management Council (PIVMC) held its first in-person meeting since the pandemic during the Pacific Vector Control and Outbreak Response Training in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. The PIVMC is organized into three...

Eighteen (18) Public Health Professionals from the RMI Ministry of Health and Human Services Complete Coursework in Field Epidemiology
September 21, 2023 (Honolulu, HI) - Eighteen (18) public health professionals from the RMI Ministry of Health and Human services completed their coursework in a field epidemiology training program earlier this year. They will earn a Post-Graduate Certificate in Field...

PIHOA Governing Board Members and Secretariat Staff Attend the 15th Pacific Ministers of Health Meeting in Tonga
September 21, 2023 (Nuku'alofa, Tonga) - PIHOA Governing Board President and Palau Minister of Health and Human Services, the Honorable Gaafar Uherbelau, PIHOA Governing Board Member and CEO of the CNMI CHCC, Dr. Esther Muña, and PIHOA Secretariat staff, Emi...