Samoa's MPs have paid tribute to the victims of the measles epidemic, which has so far claimed the lives of 73 people - the majority of whom are children under the age of five. When Parliament resumed this morning the Speaker of the House, Leaupepe......
Samoa's Parliament will meet tomorrow to consider a supplementary budget to use $US22.4 million of overseas assistance given towards the country's efforts to fight the measles epidemic. To date, 72 measles-related deaths have been recorded. The......
Gaps in New Zealand's health system led to the current measles outbreak that sparked the deadly epidemic in Samoa, warns a public health expert. To date, there have been 72 measles-related deaths and 5210 measles cases recorded. The government......
A third woman MP has been elected in Solomon Islands. Lillian Maefai registered an historic by-election win in the East Makira constituency, becoming the third woman to be elected to the current parliament and setting a new record for women's representation......
The latest measles case in American Samoa is an 8-year-old child who is believed to have contracted the virus locally. Department of Health Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa said they are still investigating how the child contracted the measles virus. The......
New Zealand will contribute $NZ1 million to an international fund to tackle measles in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced. Mr Peters, who was set to return to New Zealand from Samoa today, announced the funding for the joint......
More than 5000 measles cases have been reported in Samoa since the outbreak began in mid-October, the government says. The death toll from Samoa's measles outbreak remains at 72 - the same as yesterday's toll. About 90 percent of the measles-related......
