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VSHC has been working with the Community to avoid life style risk factors, which make one unhealthy. This work has been made possible with funding from the Fiji Community Development Program, an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) aid project. This funding comes to an end in November. A key strategy of the project was to train, deploy and support Community Health Officers. A stakeholder workshop was held on Friday 23rd September to identify strategies to sustain community gains after the current funding is exhausted. The meeting was… Read more >>

The video below was directed by the Fiji Community Development Program. They interviewed the FCDP staff from the Centre and also our Community Health Workers. Here is the introduction written by FCDP on their Facebook page: "The Fiji Community Development Program, managed by Coffey on behalf of the Australian Government, is working with the Viseisei Sai Health Centre to provide affordable health care to Fijian communities. With an FCDP grant, the Centre and the Ministry of Health have re-introduced Community Health Workers throughout Fiji, to help raise awareness about the… Read more >>