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Mitieli Digitaki was one of the first babies of 2020. Born to Laisani Raisili in Suva at ten minutes after midnight in Fiji, Mitieli weighed 2.9 kg and is in good health.

Press release

02 January 2020

New Year’s Babies: News of hope to welcome the new decade in Samoa

So’o Luteni with her son Lautogia Luteni 7 months who has recovered from measels at Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital.

Press release

29 December 2019

UNICEF signs agreement to support immunization in Samoa under ADB-financed project

On 3 December 2019, Nurse Manager James administers a measles vaccination to three-year-old Janele, at Poutasi District Hospital on the island of Upolu in Samoa, during a UNICEF-supported National Vaccination Campaign in response to the current measles outbreak in the Pacific region.

Press release

08 December 2019

Measles outbreaks continue unabated : Five countries accounted for nearly half of all measles cases in 2018

UNICEF has delivered six 42 sqm tents, which will be used as vaccination sites or isolation wards for patients with measles.

Press release

28 November 2019

News Note 2: Pacific Measles Outbreak

Prime Minister of Fiji, Hon. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and children, at the signing of the global pledge to recommit to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Press release

20 November 2019

30 years of child rights: Children in the Pacific islands join with governments on World Children’s Day

A boy receives a measles vaccination at a temporary clinic in Lalomanu, a village on the eastern coast of Upolu, one of Samoa’s two main islands.

Press release

18 November 2019

News Note 1: Pacific Measles Outbreak