Opposition Parliamentarian Premila Kumar labelled what her colleague Aliki Bia went through at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital recently as “a heart-wrenching picture of reality that many Fijian families go through.”

The newly launched health report on Fiji’s health system reveals that women in Fiji are facing serious health risks due to non-communicable diseases.

The Fiji Women’s Crisis Center says as Fiji commemorates World AIDS Day within the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the nation must recommit to tackling these dual challenges head-on.

Minister for Health and Medical Services Doctor Atonio Lalabalavu acknowledges the need for significant efforts to support the retention of midwives in the country.

Overwhelming patient numbers at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva is contributing to staff burnout and overcrowding issues, says a World Bank report on Fiji’s health system that was released yesterday.

A new World Bank report is showing evidence of inefficiency in resource utilization in the Fijian health sector.

Fiji’s medicine shortage is a result of growing demand versus major storage challenges for the Fiji Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Services Centre.

The Health Ministry is at the mercy of the supply chain as it faces shortages of critical drugs and struggles to meet the demand for essential medicines.

World Bank Health Specialist Dr Mesulame Namedre says that Fiji has a history of underinvesting in its health sector compared to its upper-middle-income country peers.

Non-communicable diseases are estimated to cost Fiji about $591 million annually in both direct and indirect costs, such as lost working days, says World Bank Health Specialist Dr Mesulame Namedre.

Fiji recorded 552 new HIV cases in the first six months of this year, and Family Health Unit Head Dr. Rachel Devi is urging parents and guardians to openly speak to teenagers about making better life choices.

Nadi Hospital has launched a comprehensive range of in-house counselling services designed to address a variety of critical issues.