Representatives from eight Pacific Island countries and territories gathered in Fiji from 3 to 7 August to strengthen disability statistics and support inclusive decision-making, marking a key milestone in implementing the Pacific Regional Guidebook on Disability Statistics.

Naoero has a new online platform for official statistics, using globally adopted open-source technology to help users find, explore, visualise and download data, beginning with results from the country’s 2021 census.

A death certificate records a life’s end. But when the medical cause is not coded consistently, governments lose part of the picture they need to understand and prevent avoidable deaths in future. Seven Pacific countries are working together to change that.

An ABC Pacific programme has spotlighted SPC analysis showing heart disease and stroke as the leading causes of death in Tuvalu, based on internationally comparable cause-of-death data.