The Health Ministry is urging Fijians to avoid non-essential travel to several Central African countries following the recent Ebola outbreak in the region.

Assistant Health Minister Penioni Ravunawa says climate resilience is essential to maintaining treatment continuity, laboratory services, medicine supply chains, and emergency outreach programmes.

Fiji is strengthening its national health response with the Cabinet approving an additional $8.53 million investment to secure essential medicines and diagnostic supplies, as the country continues to face rising health challenges, including an escalating HIV outbreak.

Cabinet has approved a full review of the Pharmacy Profession Act 2011 to strengthen the regulation of pharmacy practice, pharmacy services, and the operation of pharmacies across Fiji.

With stroke being one of the leading causes of death and disability in Fiji, its impact on mental health after a stroke is often a silent battle.

Internationally renowned cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon Sanjeev Kumar Khulbey says the rising burden of heart disease across Fiji and the wider Pacific, and the hardship faced by families forced to seek treatment overseas, drove his decision to begin performing open-heart surgeries locally.

A heart attack that nearly claimed the life of a Labasa doctor has now become the driving force behind a new push for healthier lifestyles in Vanua Levu.

Fiji is now awaiting the Indian Government’s next move on the proposed 100-bed super-specialty hospital in Nasinu, with local authorities confirming they have completed their part of the process.

Lupus patients and advocates in Fiji are calling for better access to specialist care and improved medical training, amid concerns that the chronic autoimmune disease is too often misdiagnosed or detected too late.

The escalating global fuel crisis is expected to place increasing pressure on Fiji’s health system, with warnings that it may struggle to operate at full capacity if sustained fuel price rises and fuel-related disruptions continue or worsen amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

Pacific leaders are turning to digital healthcare and artificial intelligence as Non-Communicable Diseases continue to overwhelm health systems across the region.

As Fiji wrestles with a rising HIV outbreak alongside an escalating drug crisis, leaders are increasingly turning to one key message: real solutions must come from the community, not just the policy table.