AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoChild Heart Screening: Fiji screened 56,000 children for heart problems through school, clinic and community outreach, with early treatment for five kids and more pediatric surgeries expected from a New Zealand team in October. Health & Climate Leadership: Te Marae Ora health secretary Bob Williams urged collective Pacific leadership at the Pacific Conference on Health and Climate Change, launching a 2026–2028 action plan aimed at protecting the health of 14+ million people. Resilient Reefs for Health: New research highlights “super reefs” that may better withstand heat stress, including work linking resilient reef areas across the Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Tuvalu—important for coastal protection and wellbeing. Pacific Health Systems Funding (Tuvalu-linked): Samoa’s acting health minister signed a nearly US$3m ADB-backed procurement for Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to strengthen vaccine coverage, cold-chain capacity, and primary care, targeting pneumonia, diarrhoea and cervical cancer. Regional Climate Finance Push: Pacific leaders meeting in Palau called for COP31 to deliver climate finance for renewables and resilience, stressing ocean action and unity of purpose.
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