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EU Workshops A three day “Audit Coaching” workshop conducted by the European Union was attended by our Admin & Finance Manager together with the Medical Directors and other key staff. This workshop was held at VSHC from 25th to 27th February 2013. The objective of this workshop was to provide audit coaching services to build and further strength the staff capacity in financial reporting and management. This workshop was very helpful and it fulfilled its objectives. The workshop was further backed up by another Audit Coaching workshop on 11th April… Read more >>

The year 2014 has so far been very busy in terms of doctors. VSHC has had some visiting specialists coming and volunteering their time. We had 2 volunteer doctors with one elective. Dr Chris Reynolds who is a retired GP from Queensland was with us from 2nd January to 17th January 2014. Dr Amrat Lad from New Zealand, a senior GP was with us from 10th February to 13th February 2014. Both the doctors helped us in seeing our general outpatients. Dr Reynolds visit took some load off our full… Read more >>

Dr Finau Dansey has commenced a 12 month attachment at VSHC to assist with the strengthening of the Public Health component of VSHC activities. She brings 12 years of clinical experience which will be invaluable both in general outpatient  services and the outreach work in the Non Communicable Diseases and Sexual and Reproductive Health areas. We welcome Finau to VSHC.   Read more >>

Here are a few photos from the recent workshops run for nurses in Ba, Lautoka and Nadi. Discussion Group for nurses in Ba Lecture for nurses in Ba Presentation by nurses in Lautoka Discussion Group for nurses in Lautoka Discussion Group for nurses in Nadi Professor Gyaneshwar giving lecture for nurses in Nadi Read more >>

From Jan 2014 to date: Evening Education Sessions conducted - Three sessions have been conducted of which two have had Impact evaluations performed.  Taiperia Evening Education - 24-02-2014 Outreach Clinics - We have covered 8 places, of which 6 were settlements, 1 village and 1 university in the greater Nadi area. Warsha Prakash running a Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear education session for Hindi speakers. Workshops - We have conducted 3 workshops, 1 for community health workers, 1 for nurses from the Ba subdivision and 1 at the university which… Read more >>

ATTACHMENT REPORT                                                              Site Viseisei Sai Health Centre (VSHC) Date 3 February - 21 February 2014 Trainee Interns            (Fiji School of Medicine) Sharon Dakuitonga (Fiji) Gina Marie Tobin (Federated States of Micronesia) Supervisors Professor Rajat Gyaneshwar, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Lautoka Hospital and Fiji National University, Chairman Viseisei Sai Health Centre Trust, Medical Director Viseisei Sai Health Centre Associate Professor Swarna Lata Naidu, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Lautoka Hospital and Fiji National University, Medical Director ViseIsei Sai Health Centre Training Viseisei Health Centre Clinic. Reproductive Health Project -… Read more >>

The Medical School at Fiji National University runs a 6 year undergraduate medical program. The final year is the trainee internship program in which the students are prepared for their service role upon graduation. During the year they are rotated through terms in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Public Health. As from mid 2013 students have been attached to VSHC during their Public Health term. This year the attachments are for a period of 3 weeks. During the attachment at VSHC the students are involved in all aspects… Read more >>

The Minister for Health, Dr Neil Sharma had visited the Health Centre late last year and was impressed with the VSHC Community Health Worker (CHW) program and asked the NCD team to conduct training for the CHW’s from the Central Division. This workshop (third so far) commenced on the 4th of February and concluded on the 7th of February. It was conducted in partnership with Ministry of Health (MOH). A total of nine participants (1 male and 8 females) were selected from the Central Division by MOH to undergo this… Read more >>

Earlier this month, EuropeAid's Deputy Director General Marcus Cornaro visited a number of projects funded by the European Commission in Fiji.   At the Viseisei Sai Health Trust's mobile clinic unit he conducted an interview with Swaran.  Here is the link for more information and to see the interview: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/public-gender/blog/good-practice-promoting-womens-reproductive-health-and-rights-fiji-video-interview-europeaid-dg#sthash.hN6dUGmQ.dpuf Read more >>

Celebrity Chef, Lance Seeto approached the NCD Team to conduct a Healthy cooking Video shoot in the Vuda Zone. Seetos TV shows are popular and we are fortunate to work with him to help educate the community in changing attitudes and creating awareness on healthy eating. The first segment was shot at the Vuda Primary School.  The class 8 students were educated on the importance of healthy meals. Chef Seeto helped the students make healthy sandwiches with a variety of things available such as fruits and vegetables. Students were very… Read more >>