World Health Organization : Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Bureau Regional du Pacifique Occidental ; Year 2003, Wp Ecp Icp, Infection Prevention and Control Ecp 7.2 001-E: Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries

By N. V. K. Nair, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Bureau Regional du Pacifique Occidental ; Year 2003, Wp Ecp Icp, Infection Prevention and Control Ecp 7.2 001-E: Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries
Author:	N. V. K. Nair, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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INTRODUCTION 1. Background to the Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries This Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries in Tonga was preceded by four similar meetings (Yanuca, Fiji, 1995; Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1997; Koror, Palau, 1999; and Madang, Papua New Guinea, 2001). During the Yanuca meeting, the coilcept of Healthy Islands as the unifying theme for health promotion and health protection was adopted. The Rarotonga meeting M e r advanced the core elements in the Healthy Islands concept. It was during the Palau meeting that the Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC) joined hands with WHO and the Healthy Islands concept progressed to an action plan, while the overall focus remained on Healthy Islands as the unifying theme for health promotion and protection. A number of topics related to the basic principle of Healthy Islands were discussed during these meetings. At Madang, a commitment to action was made and 'Healthy Islands' gained specificity with emphasis on action. A follow up to the Madang Commitment found that national capacity was improving and the use of the settings approach was expanding to a range of programmes including health promotion, water and sanitation, nutrition, communicable and noncommunicable disease control, etc. Cooperation among the Pacific island countries expanded considerably. Human resource development programmes, including in the areas of health leadership and management, were underway.

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CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. OPENING CEREMONY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3. PROCEEDINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ANNEXES ANNEX 1 OPENING REMARKS BY DR SHIGERU OMI, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC, AT THE MEETING OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH. 9 MARCH 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ANNEX 2 OPENING REMARKS BY MR WES CORBEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY, AT THE MEETING OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH, 9 MARCH 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ANNEX 3 OPENING REMARKS BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF TONGA, 9 MARCH 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 ANNEX 4 PROVISIONAL AGENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ANNEX 5 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, CONSULTANT, OBSERVERS AND REPRESENTATIVES, AND SECRETARIAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNEX 6 PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ANNEX 7 PROGRAMME OF FIELD VISITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 ANNEX 8 BACKGROUND OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WORKING GROUP I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 ANNEX 9 BACKGROUND OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WORKING GROUP 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ANNEX 10 STEPwise APPROACH TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47