16 APRIL 2015
THE Pacific continues to face unprecedented health challenges, says World Health Organization regional director Dr Shin Young-Soo.
Speaking at the opening of the Eleventh Pacific Health Ministers meeting on Yanuca Island near Sigatoka yesterday, Dr Young-Soo said the region's triple burden of non-communicable diseases, communicable disease and climate change complications threatened to undermine advances in health and development.
Source: The Fiji Times