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The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOH) is a government ministry of Fiji responsible for overseeing Fiji's Healthcare system. Its head office is in Dinem House in Toorak, Suva. [2] The current Minister for Health and Medical Services is Dr Ratu Atonio Rabici Lalabalavu who was appointed to the position in November 2022. [3]
Total health expenditure was 4% of gross domestic product in 2012. About a third of that was private health expenditure. There is a network of 98 nursing stations, similar to health posts and mostly in rural areas, 84 health centres, staffed by either a doctor or a nurse practitioner and 19 subdivisional hospitals across the country.
On 19 October, Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete confirmed that the Health Ministry had ramped up vaccination efforts in the outer islands, particularly the Lau Islands, Kadavu Group, Lomaiviti Islands, Mamanuca Islands, and Yasawa Islands. [45] On 28 October, Fiji's full vaccination rate reached 86.5%.
James Fong is a Fijian obstetrician-gynaecologist who serves as the Permanent Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MOHMS). [1]During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fong led the COVID-19 Incidental Management Team (IMT) and is well known for giving COVID-19 updates in daily press briefings.
That same day, the Health Ministry suspended all leave for medical staff in the country's Northern Division. [111] In addition, the Health Ministry imposed new restrictions on inter-island travel and shipping while Dr Fong urged members of the public to suspend maritime travel. [112]
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Ministry of Health and Medical Services may refer to: Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Fiji) Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Kiribati) Ministry of Health and Medical Services (Solomon Islands)
Aalisha Sahukhan (or Sahu Khan) is head of Health Protection at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji. She has been prominent in the country's battle against COVID-19 and an earlier measles epidemic. [1] She was nominated as one of "10 Outstanding Fijians in 2020" by the Fiji Sun newspaper. [2] [3]