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New Zealand extends aid to Samoa amid deadly dengue outbreak
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network - Wellington Wellington, Aug 6: New Zealand has extended its support to Samoa following a serious dengue fever outbreak that has claimed the lives of five children. In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Winston...
New Zealand Sends Aid To Samoa Amid Deadly Dengue Outbreak
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Wellington, Aug 6 (IANS) New Zealand has pledged support to Samoa amid a severe dengue outbreak that has so far claimed the lives of five Samoan children.Acknowledging the close ties between the two nations, New Zealand Foreign...
NZ assists Samoa in dengue outbreak response
The National Tribune
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August 6, 2025
New Zealand will assist Samoa as it grapples with a major dengue outbreak that has so far killed five children. “Samoa and New Zealand have a special relationship and we stand with them in this time of need,” Mr Peters says. “Our thoughts are with...
Fifth child dies from dengue fever in Samoa
Talanei
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August 4, 2025
A fifth child has died from dengue fever in Samoa. The latest fatality, a two year old from Faleolo, is the brother of a nine year old who died from the disease earlier last week. With five confirmed dengue related fatalities, concerns are growing...
New Zealand sends health team, medical supplies to Samoa to assist with dengue fever outbreak
RNZ
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August 6, 2025
The Aedes aegypti is one of the mosquitos that transmits dengue fever in Samoa. Photo: Supplied/ CDC Public Health Image Library - Frank Hadley Collins New Zealand is sending a small health team and $300,000 worth of medical supplies to Samoa to...
How rising seas are threatening the crucial art of weaving in Samoa
The Guardian
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August 6, 2025
In the Samoan village of Neiafu, Amio Pei Ioane sits with a group of women in a weaving house. Around her, rolls of stripped pandanus leaves, the spiky-leaved plant used to make woven mats, rest in bundles. She began weaving when she was 15,...
Four confirmed and one probable dengue-related death in Samoa
RNZ
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August 5, 2025
Photo: 123RF The Samoan government says more than 5600 clinically diagnosed dengue cases have been recorded since January. Of these, 2619 are laboratory-confirmed. An outbreak of the disease was declared in April. In a press statement delivered by...
Cases of organ-destroying tropical virus being diagnosed in Britons have TRIPLED-are YOU at risk of catching chikungunya?
Daily Mail
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August 14, 2025
Health officials have issued an urgent warning following a surge in cases of an organ-destroying virus—and warned that holidaymakers need to take extra caution. Chikungunya is classed as a tropical disease, and for the majority of people infected,...
FAST Party launches health appeal against dengue fever
Talamua
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August 4, 2025
05 August 2025 – The FAST Party is using its current campaign platform and scheduled meetings with the villages and constituencies, to push through the health message of prevention against the rising spread of dengue fever. Yesterday morning, the...
Dengue: Samoa records 1,446 new clinically diagnosed cases in one week
Samoa Global News
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August 4, 2025
PRESS STATEMENT – DELIVERED BY HON. PRIME MINISTER NATIONAL RESPONSE TO DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK Good afternoon Samoa, The Ministry of Health has provided the latest update on the dengue fever outbreak since it was declared on 17th of April 2025. As...
Samoa Represented at World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights
Samoa Global News
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July 28, 2025
28 July 2025, Cambridge, UK. SVSG President Siliniu Lina Chang, and Samoa Police Assistant Commissioner Papalii Efo Moalele, are in the UK representing Samoa at the World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights. Their attendance in Cambridge,...
Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Pacific profiles: The guardians of the Rainbow Fale
The Spinoff
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August 14, 2025
The Pacific profiles series shines a light on Pacific people in Aotearoa doing interesting and important work in their communities, as nominated by members of the public. Today, Jazriel Lavakula, Mela Meilin Ta’avao and Penni Wolfgramm of the...
Fourth dengue related death in Samoa
Talanei
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July 31, 2025
A nine-year-old boy of Mulifanua village has become the latest dengue fever related fatality in Samoa. The child died at the Faleolo District Hospital according to the Acting Deputy Director General for Hospital and Clinical Services, Ulugia Dr....
Dengue Fever outbreak: More children die in Samoa, NZ govt updates advice
The New Zealand Herald
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August 1, 2025
“Before travelling in the Pacific, familiarise yourself with our advice for staying healthy on your trip.” a statement on MFAT’s SafeTravel website says. Important prevention measures include using insect repellent, wearing protective clothing and...
Global, Regional, and National Burden Trends in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Attributable to Particulate Matter Pollution: 1990–2021 and Projections to 2036
Dove Medical Press
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July 31, 2025
Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common respiratory disease, is a major healthcare burden and a cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.1 The most recent Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study...
9-year-old child is latest victim to Samoa’s dengue fever outbreak
Samoa Global News
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July 31, 2025
Samoa continies to struggle in its response to the current degue fever outbreak with the death of a 9-year-old child this morning, confirmed Acting Deputy Director General for Hospital and Clinical Services, Ulugia Dr. Tito Kamu. The death of the...
Third child dies of dengue fever in Samoa
Talanei
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July 30, 2025
Samoa’s Acting Director General of Health Ulugia Dr. Tito Kamu, has confirmed another death from dengue fever. Ulugia told TV1 that a 5-year-old girl died yesterday at the Pediatric Ward of Tupua Meaole National Hospital after being referred from...
Dengue Fever outbreak: More children die in Samoa, NZ govt updates advice
The New Zealand Herald
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August 1, 2025
“Before travelling in the Pacific, familiarise yourself with our advice for staying healthy on your trip.” a statement on MFAT’s SafeTravel website says. Important prevention measures include using insect repellent, wearing protective clothing and...