The Ministry of Health today launched the National Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease Policy, aimed at strengthening care, support, and monitoring of the disease in the country.

The Ministry of Health has today commenced the dispatch and installation of new floor-mounted general X-ray machines at Lami Health Centre, Vunidawa Subdivisional Hospital in Naitasiri, and Korovou Hospital in Tailevu.

Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu has issued a strong warning that obesity and diabetes are among Fiji’s most urgent health threats, with women disproportionately affected.

A lack of strict enforcement of school canteen guidelines is allowing unhealthy food choices to dominate, raising concerns over children’s nutrition and long-term health.

Cultural expectations that men remain “strong and silent” are contributing to worsening mental health outcomes.

Three hundred and forty-five new nurses joined the health workforce today following the 2026 Nursing Intern Induction Programme in Lami.

Kidney disease remains one of the country’s serious but often overlooked health issue with many people unaware they have the condition until it reaches its lethal stage.

Patients and staff at Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva could soon see relief as new lifts installed in the hospital’s West Wing near completion after several years of breakdowns and limited service.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has commended the medical team at Lomaloma Hospital for stabilising a one-week-old baby delivered at the facility last week.

The crisis at St Giles Hospital is deepening, with more patients presenting with multiple mental health disorders, heavy substance abuse and serious related illnesses.

Rising work stress and burnout among frontline mental health workers have prompted a major shift toward staff care, with the opening of a new well-being centre at St Giles Hospital today.

New groundwater sources could be identified across parts of Vanua Levu when results of an Airborne Geophysical Survey are released in March.