Category: Healthcare

Posted by Ted Wood | Jul 16, 2024 | Area, Business, Environment, French Polynesia, Healthcare, Lifestyle, New Caledonia, Pacific

A hospital for Futuna!

by Ted Wood | Feb 6, 2025 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Construction could begin in less than a year. It will be a real revolution for the inhabitants of the small island of Futuna. There will be a scanner and a mammography machine. Pregnant women and babies will receive much better...

The State pays AUD 60 million to Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 30, 2023 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia

This money is intended to plug the holes in the local pension fund, the hospital and various social expenses… The civil servants’ pension fund is insolvent. November’s pension payments were threatened. Disabled...

Polynesia: Dengue epidemic on the horizon

by Ted Wood | Aug 10, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, Healthcare, New Caledonia

Health authorities warn the public According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 130 countries...

Traditional medicine at university

by Ted Wood | Aug 3, 2023 | Area, Education, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Pacific

A course in ethno-medicine will be offered next year to students at the University of New...

Covid returns to Tahiti

by Ted Wood | Apr 3, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, Healthcare, In Short, Theme

The Covid-19 epidemic is back on the rise in French Polynesia. Sixty-six new cases were confirmed last week, according to Tahiti Infos. According to the health watch bulletin, the cases are mainly concentrated in Tahiti (46),...

Health insurance: second demonstration in Noumea against the reform

by Ted Wood | Mar 8, 2023 | Area, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

The mobilisation is decreasing, but the organisers are ready to harden the movement There were...

Omicron variant arrives in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jan 7, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia

Suspected cases had been detected in recent weeks. The government confirmed on Thursday that it...

The virus is killing far fewer people

by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | Healthcare, New Caledonia

Deaths from covid are becoming increasingly rare. The total number of deaths since 9 September is 280. 22 new positive cases have been confirmed. These new cases bring the total number of confirmed positive cases to 12,343 since...

Mandatory health pass in Polynesia

by Ted Wood | Nov 21, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Economy, Healthcare, Pacific, Politics

The Polynesian “health pass” is compulsory from 22 November for inter-island travel...

Journalist attacked by anti-vaccine activists

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2021 | Area, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

During a demonstration in front of the CPS (Pacific community) On Saturday 23rd, a journalist from the public channel NC Première was violently beaten by a group of demonstrators who had come to protest against compulsory...

Increase in tobacco prices

by Ted Wood | Oct 3, 2021 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, Wallis and Futuna

The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna voted last September to increase the price of...

Anti-vaccine demonstration during the lockdown…

by Ted Wood | Sep 25, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

On Saturday 25 September around 2000 people demonstrated in Noumea against the obligation to be...

Riots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.