AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPacific Health Leadership: Pacific health leaders, clinicians and advocates are gathering in Auckland for the Pasifika Medical Association’s 30th anniversary conference, with a Global Health Symposium focused on better health outcomes for Pacific communities. Tonga Social Services: Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris welcomed a Te Tiriti-led plan to co-design community-led social services in Te Tai o Poutini, highlighting how distance and isolation can make access to health and support harder. Tonga Rural Health & Nutrition: Tonga and IFAD reaffirmed a decades-long partnership, launching TRIP III (US$19.4m) to support rural livelihoods, agricultural diversification and food-and-nutrition security across outer islands. Measles Alert (NZ, relevant to Pacific families): Health New Zealand is urging extra vigilance after an unexplained measles case in Palmerston North, with concern about possible community spread after people attended events in Wellington. Dengue Watch for Tonga: CDC updated its dengue travel destination list to include Tonga, while also noting dengue risk can be year-round and outbreaks can shift over time. Worker Health & Rights (PALM): A new poll highlights concerns about Pacific Australia Labour Mobility workers’ low pay, housing conditions and access to Medicare, calling for stronger protections.
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