The Uto Bula Bula Healthy Hearts Initiative saw 35 doctors, nurses and technicians from Aotearoa travel to Fiji to perform live-saving cardiac surgery on children as young as seven months old. 

With children and families no longer having to travel overseas for procedures, Pasifika Medical Association President Dr Kiki Maoate says it offers a regional solution to a regional problem. 

Pacific diets have changed drastically over the past 150 years, from meals containing fish, coconut, yams, bananas and leafy greens to more processed options. Is it time to for a return to tradition?

Should the Pacific be concerned about mpox?

For many of us, stubbing your toe on a furniture corner is no big deal. It can be a different story if you have type two diabetes. 

Kids as young as ten have become caught in the grip of a national drug crisis, as the region continues to be used as a transit point for international crime. 

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Misusing antibiotics can lead to anti-microbial resistance which makes our infections harder to treat and can lead to longer illnesses, more hospital stays, and even death. 

Pacific men are drinking at hazardous levels compared to the general population. What can be done about it? Dr Collin Tukuitonga offers his advice. 

Experts say repeated head injuries – both big and small –  can lead to the degenerative brain condition known as CTE. Former Tonga rugby captain Inoke Afeaki believes the buck stops with World Rugby.