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75th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap |
November 18 – 22, 2024
Pohnpei, FSM
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Pacific Health Leaders Convene in Pohnpei for the 75th PIHOA Executive Board Meeting | |
Meeting Documents and Presentations | |
Day 1, Monday, November 18 (Closed Session)
PIHOA Board Strategic Planning Retreat
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Day 2, Tuesday, November 19 (Open Session)
Feature Presentations from FSM, Palau, Guam, American Samoa, and RMI - Strategic Priorities and Updates
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FSM Strategic Priorities and Updates
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Better Health for All – Shiro Sigrah, Deputy Director (designee for Dr. Tholma Alik, Director, Kosrae State DHS)
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Pohnpei SDP, Health Sector – Stuard Penias, Director, Pohnpei State DHS
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Chuuk DHS – Dr. Bosco Buliche, Director, Chuuks State DHS
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Pacific Against Cervical Cancer (PACe) Project – Martina Reichhardt, Director, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (designee for Theopolis Thinnifel, Director, Yap State DHS)
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Yap DHS Strategic Projects – Dominic Taruwemai, Deputy Director, Yap State DHS
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FSM Strategic Priorities and Updates – Moses Pretrick, Assistant Secretary of Health, FSM National Department of Health and Social Affairs
Palau Strategic Priorities and Updates
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Bureau of Hospital Services – Darnelle Worswick, Administrator, Belau National Hospital
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Bureau of Public Health – Calvin Johanes, Director, Division of Environmental Health, Palau MHHS (designee for Sherilynn Madraisau, Director, Bureau of Public Health, Palau MHHS)
Guam Strategic Priorities and Updates
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Guam Strategic Innovations – Theresa Arriola, Director, Guam DPHSS; Lilian Perez-Posadas, CEO, GMHA; and Dr. James Cooper-Nurse, Deputy Director, GBHWC (designee for Carissa Pangelinan, Director, GBHWC)
American Samoa Strategic Priorities and Updates
RMI Strategic Priorities and Updates
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Profiling of the USAPI Health Workforce
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PIHOA Pacific Basin Primary Care Office (PCO) Program – Dr. Angela Techur-Pedro, Pacific Basin Primary Care Office Coordinator, PIHOA Secretariat
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USAPI Workforce Enumeration Survey and Regional Dashboard – Mindy Sugiyama, Technical Consultant, HR IT, PIHOA Secretariat
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Pubic Health WINS Island Pilot Overview – Dr. Rachel Hare Bork, Director of Research and Impact, and Kay Schaffer, Senior Research Associate, de Beaumont Foundation
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USAPI Health Workforce Development Technical Working Group – Emi Chutaro, Executive Director, PIHOA Secretariat
USAPI One Health
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USAPI One Health Concept Climate Change & Health, and Vector Management – Dr. Gillian Dunn, Regional HIS and Health Security Coordinator, PIHOA Secretariat; Dr. Limb Hapairai, Regional Medical Entomologist, PIHOA Secretariat; Jacquelyn Lefagoyal, Techincal Consultant/Program Assistant, PIHOA Secretariat; Calvin Johanes, Chief DEH, Palau MHHS; and Masatomo (Tom) Nadeau, NPEHA Member and Chief Environmental Public Health Officer, DEH, Guam DPHSS
Regional USPAI NCD Emergency Declaration Response and HIS Strengthening
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USAPI NCD Monitoring and Surveillance Framework (NCD Hybrid Surveys; MANA Dashboards; and Regional Dashboard NCD Profiles), USAPI NCD Law and Policy Summit, and CRVS Strengthening in the USAPI – Dr. Haley Cash, Regional NCD Epidemiologist, CDC/PIHOA Secretariat; Rasmi Davu, Regional NCD Surveillance Officer, PIHOA Secretariat; Emi Chutaro, Executive Director, PIHOA Secretariat; Dr. Gillian Dunn, Regional HIS and Health Security Coordinator, PIHOA Secretariat
Strengthening CDC Engagements and Coordination in Support of Public Health Development Efforts in the USAPIs
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CDC Capacity Building Initiatives in the USAPIs – Dr. Hazel Dean, Director, Office of Partnership Support, Public Health Infrastructure Center, CDC, Sam Taveras, Director, Office of Insular Areas, Public Health Infrastructure Center, CDC
FDA Engagements in the USAPIs
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FDA Office of Import Operations – Carla Fernandez, DWCI Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer; Jeffery Brown, Consumer Safety Officer and Pacific Island Project Liaison for the Immediate Officer on behalf of Dan Solis, Assistant Commissioner for Import Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA; Mark Abdoo, Associate Commissioner for Global Policy, FDA (pre-recorded video remarks)
FSM National Office of Veterans Affairs, Status of US Veterans Affairs Support for COFA Veterans
Regional Laboratory Strengthening Initiative: Progress and Future Directions
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About the Pacific Islands Health Officers' Association
PIHOA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of the USAPIs by providing, through consensus, a unified, credible voice on health issues of regional significance. Established in 1986, PIHOA is governed by and represents the collective interests of the USAPI health leadership from American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
PIHOA’s Secretariat, comprised of executive, administrative, and technical staff and consultants, provides support to the USAPI health agencies and leadership in the following priority areas: health workforce development; epidemiology and surveillance; health systems performance improvement; laboratory services; regional health leadership and policy advocacy; Pacific health security; and, partnership engagement and coordination. PIHOA has two offices in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and Hagåtña, Guam.
Contact
Billie Hiraishi
Communications Officer
billieh@pihoa.org
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