The Government has spent about 406 million dollars annually on the treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases in recent years.

An academic has become the first Emergency Doctor from Fiji to have his research paper published in the Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA) Journal.

New strategies to deliver improved and efficient health services to all Fijians must be implemented and as such appropriate planning needs to be adopted.

The Ministry of Health is currently experiencing issues with the Endocrinology Analyzer machine at the CWM Hospital.

The Sai Prema Foundation is embarking on an Outreach programme called ‘Health on Wheels’ to cater for rural dwellers.

The Sai Prema Foundation Fiji invited children and staff of Dilkusha Home to undergo a special medical clinic.

Most leptospirosis cases recorded so far this month are from the rural areas of the Central Division.

The Health Ministry is concerned about the high number of leptospirosis cases admitted at Suva’s CWM hospital.

Four people have died from leptospirosis in the Central Division so far this year.

The Wolbachia mosquitoes project is on track to reduce local dengue outbreaks.

There’s been cases where Fijians have turned to herbal medicine to treat their eye(s) when it becomes infected.

The public is urged to use separate tissues or towels to clean their eyes and practise simple hygiene.