Nuku'alofa, Tonga: The Australian government has injected $7 million into improving the health of people in Tonga.

Suva, Fiji: The  number of typhoid cases in Fiji has remained at 99 as the Ministry of Health is yet to conduct more tests on suspected cases.

Suva, Fiji: The Fiji School of Medicine (FSM), now part of the Fiji National University, has increased its student intake by 20 per cent this year, says the Dean, Professor Ian Rouse.

Auckland, New Zealand: Pacific Island doctors say New Zealand is dumping low-grade meat on their people, making them the fattest on the planet.

Suva, Fiji: The prices of most commonly used medicine in Fiji have increased from 100 – 180 per cent from 2007 to 2009, according to a survey by the Consumer Council of Fiji.

Pacific peoples are one of the fastest growing communities in New Zealand. But they are also among the fattest, with waistlines bigger than ever.

Wellington, New Zealand: For years New Zealand has faced allegations from its South Pacific neighbours that its dumping of low-quality meat has contributed to the epidemics of obesity and diabetes among islanders.

Port Moresby, PNG: A senior United Nations AIDS official says the AIDS pandemic in Papua New Guinea is pushing the health system to near collapse

Port Moresby, PNG: International agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is pulling eight specialist doctors out of a Papua New Guinea (PNG0 hospital after they were attacked by drunken louts.

Pagopago, American Samoa: The American Samoa is reported as the country with the highest number of overweight inhabitants based on national health surveys compiled by World Health Organization (WHO).