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Japan Sends a Second ‘Infectious Diseases Response Team’ to Help Samoa’s Measles Crisis

The second team of the Japan Disaster Relief Infectious Diseases Response Team arrived in Samoa last Saturday to join the fight against the measles epidemic. The eleven member team consists of 3 MDs (Medical Doctors), 4 registered nurses, 2 pharmacists, 1 coordinator and a team leader who will work out of the Leulumoega District Hospital […]

New Zealand Commits Longer Term Support for Samoa’s Health Service

World’s Biggest Rugby Stars Lend a Helping Hand for Samoa

Sonny Bill Williams has taken to twitter and announced that he and six other rugby stars have started a “Give a Little” page to help raise funds for the families who have lost loved ones in Samoa. More than four thousand cases have been recorded in Samoa’s measles epidemic that has claimed the lives of […]

Japan Sends a Second ‘Infectious Diseases Response Team’ to Help Samoa’s Measles Crisis