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73rd PIHOA Executive Board Meeting Recap |
October 9-13, 2023
Saipan, CNMI
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A Message from the PIHOA Board President | |
Back row (left to right): Moses Pretrick (FSM National DHSA), Frank Underwood (RMI MOHHS-Secretary of Health Proxy), Tholman Alik (Kosrae DHS), Jesse Tudela (CNMI CHCC-Ancillary Services), Bosco Buliche (Chuuk DHS), Gaafar Uherbelau (Palau MHHS). Front row (left to right): Rowena Reid (AS LBJ Hospital-Proxy), Nora Liwy (Pohnpei DHS), Maria Marfel (Yap DHS), Esther Muna (CNMI CHCC), Sherilynn Madraisau (Palau MHHS-Public Health Director), Darnelle Worswick (Palau MHHS-Clinical Director Proxy), Elizabeth Lauvao (AS DOH-Proxy) | |
Meeting Documents and Presentations | |
Day 1, Monday, October 9 (Closed Session) - Retreat for PIHOA Board Member, Secretariat, and Designated CNMI CHCC Staff | |
PIHOA Board and Staff Retreat
With Typhoon Bolaven enroute to the CNMI, retreat plans were canceled and the PIHOA Board Members and Secretariat Staff participated in an impromptu Sip & Paint retreat with local artist Linda Concepcion-Torres.
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Day 2, Tuesday, October 10 (Closed Session) - PIHOA Board Business Meeting | |
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Lu-Ann Edwards, Pohnpei CHC, Johnica Castro, Guam DPHSS, Eloise Lopez, CNMI CHCC - PPHFP Fellow Graduate Presentations: Cohort 2
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Amberlyn Mendiola, President, Pacific Chronic Disease Council (PCDC) - Strengthening Collaboration Across the Pacific to Reduce the Burden of Chronic Diseases
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Reyna Suares, President, Pacific Basin Behavioral Health Collaborating Council (PBHCC) - Pacific Behavioral Health Collaborating Council & Certification Board
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Dan Solis, Associate Commissioner for Import Operations, Gordon Chu, Director of Investigations Branch, Division of West Coast Imports, and Jeffrey Brown, Office of Import Operations, FDA - FDA-PIHOA Partnership Agreement: Opportunities and Next Steps
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Maude Ruest, Health Economist, World Bank - Sustainable Health Financing: A Discussion on Recent Analysis in Pacific Island Countries
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Dr. Paul Kuehnert, President & CEO, PHAB, and Lindsey Myers, VP, PH Workforce & Infrastructure, ASTHO - Public Health Infrastructure Grant National Partner Support
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Karl Ensign, VP, Island Support, ASTHO - ASTHO Island Support
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About the Pacific Islands Health Officers' Association
The Pacific Islands Health Officers’ Association (PIHOA) 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, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, 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.
Media Contacts
Billie Hiraishi
Communications Officer
billieh@pihoa.org
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