The increasing cancer burden is being hampered by weak data collection and registry systems.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reaffirmed its commitment to improving women’s and girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, stressing its importance for human rights, health, gender equality, and economic growth.

A new morgue will be built at Tavua Hospital by July 2026, ending decades of reliance on an outdated facility that was donated more than 35 years ago.

The Health Ministry is under the spotlight last night amidst claims it did not grant approvals for a team of overseas eye specialists to come and perform surgeries in Ba.

There has been a steady increase in cancer-related deaths over the past decade, with mortality rates rising by 36 percent between 2010 and 2018.

Labasa Divisional Hospital is still awaiting government funding approval for the installation of a transformer needed to power its CT scan machine, which has been out of service for the past two years.

Ministry of Agriculture’s Director for Animal Health and Production, Avinesh Dayal, officially opened a regional workshop on the Pacific One Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan to Avian Influenza at the Warwick Resort this week.

Women in the Northern Division now have access to advanced gynaecological care following the donation of new hysteroscopy and laparoscopic equipment to Labasa Hospital by the Friends of Fiji Health charity group.

The Bright Journey medical team is set to return to Fiji to perform cataract surgeries at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.

When 39-year-old Naomi Pareti first felt a small lump beneath her left breast in June last year, she never imagined it would change her life.

Health authorities are raising concerns over a sharp increase in HIV cases among pregnant women and newborns, stressing that no baby should be born with HIV given today’s effective treatments.

Stakeholders in Fiji are pushing for the introduction of a Needle Syringe Program to counter the rising number or HIV cases.