PIHOA News

PIHOA Executive Director Emi Chutaro Joins This Mornings Edition of the ASTHO Public Health Review
April 27, 2022 (Honolulu, HI) - Tune in to todayʻs morning edition of the ASTHO Public Health Review! PIHOA Secretariat Executive Director Emi Chutaro, offers details on a new study to better understand how to address non-communicable diseases in the...

PIHOA Executive Director and Board Vice President meet with the US Department of State at the Our Ocean Conference in Palau
April 25, 2022 (Honolulu, HI) - The Palau Minister of Health and Human Services (MOHHS) and PIHOA Board Vice President, the Honorable Gaafar Uherbelau, and Ms. Emi Chutaro, PIHOA Secretariat Executive Director, met with Assistant Secretary Monica Medina, the U.S....

70th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Held in Honolulu, HI
April 4, 2022 (Honolulu, HI) - Thank you to everyone who joined the 70th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting in person or virtually last week in Honolulu, Hawaii! The meeting covered COVID-19 transition planning to the new normal, lessons learned from COVID, the regional...

PIHOA E-Blast: Current Position Vacancies
March 23, 2022 (Honolulu, HI) - PIHOA is currently recruiting for multiple vacancies, full-time and consultant positions throughout the Pacific. Learn more about each vacancy by clicking on the job announcement. Additional vacancies can be found on the Careers Page of...

Join us for the first Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Meet the Expert Series
Wednesday, March 10, 2022 (Guam) - Join us today, March 11, 2022, at 9am ChST for the first session of the Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program Meet the Expert Series! Dr. Mark Durand, a well-recognized expert in Pacific Island health services, will cover...

Third Round of the Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Conducted in American Samoa
Monday, February 7, 2022 (Pago Pago, American Samoa) - On January 22, 2022, the American Samoa Department of Health wrapped up its third round of the Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration. Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the team reached close to 17,000...

PIHOA Board Members Discuss How Their Respective Jurisdictions are Dealing with COVID-19
Friday, January 28, 2022 (Honolulu, HI) - Yesterday, PIHOA Executive and Associate Board Members discussed how their respective jurisdictions are dealing with COVID-19 as we enter the third year of the pandemic. "There's more to our healthcare systems other than what...

RMI Ministry of Health and Human Services Successfully Screened 40 Police Officers for NCDs
October 29, 2021 (Majuro, RMI) - This week, PIHOA field staff assisted the RMI Ministry of Health and Human services Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) team in successfully screening 40 police officers. The team identified individuals living with diabetes and...

First Prizer COVID-19 Vaccines Administered to Schools in Majuro
October 25, 2021 (Majuro, RMI) - PIHOA field staff in the Marshall Islands assisted the RMI Ministry of Health and Human Services (RMI MOHHS) with their first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines administered to schools in Majuro. The Majuro Hospital MCH Clinic is open every...

American Samoa launches third round of the Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration
October 19, 2021 (Fagali'i, American Samoa) - This past Sunday, October 17, 2021, the American Samoa Department of Health, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and PIHOA, kicked off the third round of the...