Objectives: The internationally recommended tuberculosis (TB) control strategy, Directly Observed Treatment, Short course (DOTS) was implemented in most Pacific Island countries and territories during the year 2000, with expansion of DOTS into outer islands and rural areas over the past ten years. The objective of this study was to better understand successful strategies and challenges faced in...

Background and Objectives: After the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine, an increase has been observed in the disease due to nonspecific stereotypes of the vaccine. This study was conducted to determine the spatial distribution of pneumococcal vaccine coverage and common stereotypes of streptococcus pneumonia after vaccine introduction in the vaccine recipient countries.   Methods: The ...

The most recent data of FAO indicates that many of the SIDS Islands have achieved undernourishment levels of less than 5 percent, Barbados, Cuba and Dominica in the Caribbean; Fiji, Samoa and Kiribati in the Pacific. Countries such as: Dominican Republic, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba from the Caribbean; Samoa from the Pacific; and São Tomé e Príncipe from the Africa, Indian Ocean, Me...

The Pacific was well represented at the Summit by over 100 delegates, including nine heads of government. The preceding 18 months of preparation involved a considerable commitment and investment by the region and its partners in sustainable development (Miles 1992). Now, 18 months down the track, it is necessary to ask how this level of international attention and political commitment is affect...

This paper, based on the results of a multi-country study, emphasises on the development and growth of a culture specific and customized entrepreneurship education within universities so as to make them powerful engines of economic development. Taking the example of the University of the South Pacific (covering 12 Pacific Island Countries having different languages and diverse cultures), a few ...

This paper illustrates the status of wave energy development in Pacific rim countries by characterizing the available resource and introducing the region's current and potential future leaders in wave energy converter development. It also describes the existing licensing and permitting process as well as potential environmental concerns. Capabilities of Pacific Ocean testing facilities are desc...

â â â â â  farzaneh mohammadi [1] â  phd candidate in health economics, tarbiat moderes university, iran â  mostafa emadzadeh â  professor of economics, university of isfahan, iran â  azarnoush ansari â  phd candidate in business, university of isfahan, iran â â â  abstract â  sustainable development is a controversial concept which has been considered over the three decades. it is comprehensiv...