Pacific Island Health Officers Association

02/28/2026

✨ We’re Hiring! Our Quarterly Job Opportunities E-Blast is now out, featuring current vacancies supporting health systems strengthening across the USAPI region. 🌏📊

If you’re passionate about advancing public health in the Pacific or know someone who is, we encourage you to apply and share with your networks. 🌴🏥

🔗 Read the full e-blast here: https://conta.cc/4sAQqob

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02/27/2026

🎉 Kinisou to the Department of Health Services, State of Chuuk for inviting PIHOA to take part in the PH WINS workshop, facilitated by de Beaumont Foundation and ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials).

Participants recently explored the PH WINS dashboard, dove into workforce data, and shared rich discussions on workforce needs, gaps, and priorities, strengthening capacity and collaboration across the region 🤝🏾📊

02/25/2026

From December 8–12, 2025, the PIHOA Secretariat conducted an Early Warning System (EWS) Dengue Outbreak Readiness Workshop in Palau. 🇵🇼

In collaboration with Ministry of Health & Human Services - Republic of Palau (MHHS) Division of Environmental Health, the workshop operationalized dengue protocols into Standard Operating Procedures, established Palau-specific alert thresholds, and strengthened entomological analysis and response capacity.

Chief Calvin Johanes, Division of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health and Human Services, shared:

“This operation reinforces the importance of developing standards. Standards that will enable us to carry out our vector management plan and that need-to-know-how basis are followed on the same beats and tempos.”

Through hands-on training, simulation exercises, and deployment of a thermal fogger, Palau’s vector team enhanced preparedness to detect and respond to dengue risks early, protecting communities across the island. 🌴

🔗 Read the full e-blast here: https://conta.cc/4kZePB5

Email from Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) For Immediate Release February 25, 2026 Palau Improves Dengue Outbreak Readiness with Early Warning System Training Workshop PIHOA vector

02/13/2026

📅 Stay connected with PIHOA!

Check out our February 2026 Calendar of Events E-Blast for a full list of upcoming meetings and key public health gatherings happening across the region. Don’t miss these important opportunities to connect, collaborate, and strengthen public health systems in the USAPI 💪🏾🌴

🔗 PIHOA E-Blast: https://conta.cc/3OcLjLS

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02/11/2026

📢 Registration is NOW OPEN for the 78th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting!

📅 Join us April 13–17, 2026 in Honolulu.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with health leaders from across the USAPI region as we come together to strengthen public health systems, partnerships, and regional collaboration. 🤝🏾

🔗 Register here: https://conta.cc/3MATrFu

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01/30/2026

Faʻafetai tele lava to the American Samoa Department of Health, de Beaumont Foundation, and ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) for inviting PIHOA to participate in last week’s Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) dissemination. Participants discussed public health workforce data and identified key priority areas to support workforce planning. 🩺🇦🇸

📍 More to come from Chuuk and Yap next week

01/29/2026

✨ The Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program (PPHFP) has launched its official newsletter, highlighting fellowship activities, participant stories, and regional public health workforce development efforts across the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands 🌊🌴

This edition highlights the accomplishments of PIHOA's PPHFP Cohort 4, who over the past two years, has strengthened USAPI public health capacity, and successfully transitioned into local roles within USAPI Ministries and Departments of Health. We invite you to help celebrate the PPHFP contributions and milestones of our Cohort 4 Fellow Graduates 🎉

🗞️ Read the first issue below: PPHFP Newsletter – 2025 Graduation Highlights (Cohort 4), January 2026

🔗https://www.pihoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PPHFP-Newsletter_Jan2026.pdf

01/28/2026

📣 Held in November 2025, the 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap – Part 5 highlights a meaningful journey to Ine Village in Arno Atoll during the final day of the meeting.

Board members, Secretariat staff, and regional partners joined the Ine community to celebrate the blessing and reopening of the newly renovated Ine Health Dispensary, marking an important milestone in improving healthcare access for outer-island residents in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

This visit served as a powerful reminder of the community partnerships, cultural leadership, and healthcare workforce dedication that sustain public health efforts across the region.

🔗 Read the full recap in our latest e-blast:
https://conta.cc/4qLQy3o

🤝🏾 RMI Ministry of Health and Human services

Email from Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) For Immediate Release January 28, 2026 The 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap, Part 5: A Journey to Ine Village in Arno Atoll Arno,

01/27/2026

📣 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap – Part 4

In case you missed it: We’re continuing our 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting recap series from November 2025.

Day 4 of the 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting highlighted powerful presentations from the RMI Ministry of Health and Human services, showcasing key achievements in public health infrastructure, workforce strengthening, early childhood development, and nuclear justice.

From expanding telehealth services across remote outer islands through solar-powered connectivity, to integrating early childhood development services into rural health programs, RMI continues to demonstrate innovative, context-appropriate approaches to strengthening resilient health systems.

The session concluded with a deeply moving presentation from the National Nuclear Commission, Republic of the Marshall Islands, grounding the meeting in the lived experiences of Marshallese communities and reinforcing the importance of regional advocacy and collective action, especially following the adoption of WHA78.28 on the Effects of Nuclear War on Public Health.

🔗 Read the full recap here:
https://conta.cc/3O97GBF

Email from Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) For Immediate Release January 27, 2026 The 77th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap, Part 4: The Marshall Islands Highlights Critical Ach

01/26/2026

🌏 Join Us for the Next Meet the Expert Webinar

☢️ Topic: The Nuclear Legacy

Open to All!

Learn about the nuclear legacy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and how it continues to impact human and community health, past, present, and future. This is more than the history of one island; it is a shared Pacific reality and a collective responsibility for our region.

📅 Date:
January 30, 2026 | 10:00–11:00 AM (CHST)
January 29, 2026 | 2:00–3:00 PM (HST)
(See time zone conversions below)

🎤 Featuring:
Ariana Tibon-Kilma
Chairperson, RMI National Nuclear Commission

🔗 Zoom Meeting ID: 951 5896 2991
🔑 Passcode: PPHFP

🕒 Time Zones:
🇬🇺 Guam / 🇫🇲 Chuuk / 🇫🇲 Yap – 10:00 AM
🇵🇼 Palau – 9:00 AM
🇫🇲 Pohnpei / 🇫🇲 Kosrae – 11:00 AM
🇲🇭 Republic of the Marshall Islands – 12:00 PM
🇦🇸 American Samoa – January 30, 1:00 PM

01/13/2026

🦟 From November 10–12, 2025, the PIHOA Secretariat conducted a Dengue Outbreak Readiness Workshop in Majuro, in close coordination with the RMI Ministry of Health and Human services.

The three-day workshop strengthened RMI’s preparedness to detect, respond to, and prevent dengue outbreaksthrough the development of a country-specific Early Warning System (EWS), updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and enhanced operational response planning.

📍 Key highlights include:
-Hands-on training for 16 frontline health workers, all from the outer islands
-Establishment of epidemiological and entomological alert thresholds
-Review and update of 17 SOPs to strengthen surveillance, vector control, risk communication, and community engagement
-Strengthened coordination across sectors to support early action and rapid response

By building capacity at both national and community levels, this workshop helps ensure that outer-island communities are better equipped to respond before outbreaks escalate.

🔗 Read more in our latest e-blast: https://conta.cc/45FWiDi

Email from Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) For Immediate Release January 13, 2026 RMI Prepares for a Dengue Outbreak Before it Strikes Majuro, RMI - On request and in coordination

01/10/2026

👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️ Public health professionals, clinicians, and partners from across the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands gathered in Honolulu on October 8–10, 2025, for the USAPI Maternal Health Summit—a first-of-its-kind regional convening focused on strengthening Maternal Mortality Review Committees and advancing maternal health surveillance across jurisdictions.

🤝🏾 Thank you to all of our partners and jurisdictions who participated and supported this important work.

🔗📖 Read the full e-blast: https://conta.cc/4suwlk9

Email from Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA) For Immediate Release January 9, 2026 USAPI Maternal Health Summit Unites Pacific Delegates to Strengthen Local Maternal Mortality Review