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No Veterans Health Services in Free Association Countries
Puerto Rico Report
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September 18, 2024
Citizens of the three independent nations that have signed Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) with the United States – Palau, the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia – can and do serve in the U.S. military but have never been...
Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Dental Team Visits Yap State Hospital
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 17, 2024
YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2024) - The Pacific Partnership 2024-2 dental team performs cleanings, check ups, and tooth removals for locals during a visit at the Yap State Hospital in Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 9,...
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam, CNMI agencies successfully conduct 2024 search and rescue exercise
Island Times
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September 17, 2024
GARAPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS \Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam GARAPAN, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Station...
PP24-2 Assists with the Preservation of WWII Memorials in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 17, 2024
YAP, Federated States of Micronesia – A multinational team of service members deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) helped preserve WWII memorial markers during a host nation outreach cleanup event (HNOE) with the Yap Visitors...
Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Spay and Neuter Clinic in Yap
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 16, 2024
YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 6, 2024) – New Zealand Defense Force Veterinarian Capt. Catherine Hayward, of the Defense Health Directorate, deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 and a team of U.S. Army Soldiers of the...
Yap State Hospital BLS B-roll
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 16, 2024
240905-N-BB269-2001 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Sep. 5, 2024) – U.S. Navy and Japan Self-Defense Force service members assigned to Pacific Partnership 2024-2 conduct a basic life support class for hospital staff at Yap State Hospital in...
PHI’s President & CEO, Melissa Stafford Jones, Discusses Policy Approaches in Public Health, Advancing Health Equity
Public Health Institute
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August 20, 2024
“After 30 years working to improve public health at the national, state and local level, UC Berkeley School of Public Health alum Melissa Stafford Jones, MPH ’95, has taken the reins of one of California’s largest and most respected...
Freely Associated States urge veteran health care access
Pacific Daily News
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Representatives from the Freely Associated States told members of Congress during a recent congressional hearing that health care for veterans in their islands is greatly needed. American Samoa Del. Aumua Amata held an oversight hearing on the...
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam, CNMI agencies successfully conduct 2024 joint search and rescue exercise
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 13, 2024
GARAPAN, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and Station Apra Harbor personnel teamed up with local rescue units and enforcement officers from the CNMI for an intensive three-day...
40 teams locked in to play at Micronesia Mall’s Mall Ball 3x3 Tournaments
Pacific Daily News
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Micronesia Mall has partnered up with Clutch Guam for two consecutive weekends of Micronesia Mall’s indoor basketball tournament, Mall Ball 3x3. The action will take place at the Micronesia Mall Center Court, with the High School Tournament from...
Mendiola-Romolor appointed to National Association of Chronic Disease Directors board
Marianas Variety
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Amber Mendiola-Romolor (CHCC) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation congratulates its Non-Communicable Disease Program administrator, Amber Mendiola-Romolor, on being appointed a new member of the National Association of Chronic Disease...
Pacific Islanders Are Often Left Out Of Medical Studies. This Team Wants To Change That
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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September 10, 2024
The University of Hawaii is participating in a national study of gaps in health research for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. When Dr. Marjorie Mau starting practicing medicine in Hawaii several decades ago, the Native...
Guam's baseball team advances to gold medal game at Pacific Mini Games
Pacific Daily News
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Guam’s men’s baseball team is back in the gold medal game at the Pacific Mini Games after handling the Federated States of Micronesia, 10-6, Saturday afternoon in Palau. Guam's medal tally as of Sunday noon was nine, including two gold, three...
University of Guam School of Health puts Guam on the ‘map’
The Guam Daily Post
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“Guam is on the Dementia Capable Care map” according to Yvette Paulino, the dean of the School of Health at the University of Guam, which was recognized at the national level as a “workforce leader in Dementia Care” with its Guam/Micronesia...
Construction of new Public Health lab in Mangilao could start by March
Pacific Daily News
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Construction of a new lab for the Department of Public Health and Social Services could get off the ground as soon as March 2025, according to a presentation made to the Mangilao Municipal Planning Council on Wednesday night. Current plans are to...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – July 4 – July 10, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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July 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Pacific Partnership 2024-2 Kicks Off Mission in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 4, 2024
COLONIA, YAP, MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 09.04.2024 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia – A multinational team representing five Pacific nations kicked off the fourth mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) in Yap, Federated...
PM Brown passes Smaller Island States chair to Micronesia
Cook Island News
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September 4, 2024
Cook Islands Prime Minister and former chair of the Forum, Mark Brown in Tonga. Prime Minister Mark Brown handed over the chairmanship of the Smaller Island States (SIS) to the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Wesley Simina, last...
UOG School of Health recognized as a workforce leader in dementia care
Pacific Daily News
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The University of Guam’s Margaret Perez Hattori-Uchima School of Health was recently recognized as a Dementia Capable Care Workforce Leader by the Crisis Prevention Institute. The DCC-WL recognition is awarded to provider organizations that...
WHO, Government of Japan, and Governments of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau partner to enhance COVID-19 preparedness and response
Pacific News Service
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), the Government of Japan and the Governments of the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of Palau are partnering together to enhance COVID-19 preparedness and...