PIHOA's initiatives cover a broad spectrum of health-related issues relevant to the Pacific region. Each of our initiatives are guided by our Board of Directors, and our mission. Our pursuits include health policy development, knowledge dissemination, communication enhancements, health services, research, continuing health professional development, quality assurance, and cooperative networking inside and outside the Pacific Basin.
PIHOA's digital library is organized by subject matter and contains documentation relevant to the Pacific islands. While much of our collection contains original material such as meeting outcomes, reports, initiatives, and the like, we've also worked to capture relevant third-party publications.
The Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) is a non-profit organization that is led by and represents the collective interests of the Ministers, Secretaries, and Directors of Health of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI). The USAPI include the three U.S. Flag Territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, and the three Freely Associated States (independent nations in a special compact relationship with the United States) of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap). The USAPI are populated by more than 500,000 people who live on hundreds of islands and atolls spanning millions of square miles of ocean and crossing five Pacific time zones. PIHOA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of USAPI communities by providing, through consensus, a unified credible voice on health issues of regional significance.
The Pacific islands have some of the highest rates of NCDs in the world. Learn more about how the region is addressing this epidemic.
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The 52nd PIHOA meeting addressed regional strategies to increase the health impact of NGOs, foreign governmetns, and the US-APIs.
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Washington, DC
California, USA
Hawaii, USA
American Samoa
Fiji
Marshall Islands
Kosrae Pohnpei
New Caledonia
Guam
CNMIChuukYap
Palau
Manila, PhilippinesThe Pacific Island Health Officers' Association provides a regional voice for six US Associated Pacific Islands (USAPI), in their development of sustainable and effective health systems. Find out more about PIHOA, or download our five-year strategic plan.
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