Project News

The first meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) of the project was held on the 2nd of December, 2010 at Tanoa Plaza Hotel in Suva. The Permanent Secretary, and the Director of Nursing Services, MOH, and also various stakeholders for the development of health workforce, such as Head and lecturers of the school of Medicine, Fiji National University (FNU), as well as representatives of relevant donors participated in this JCC.

At the meeting, the outline of the project, implementation methodology including the establishment of working groups, and annual plan of activities were presented by the project team and approved by JCC. A fruitful discussion was made after the presentations. Representative of Pacific Human Resources for Health Alliance (PHRHA) WHO expressed his supportive opinions on nurses' leadership development and supervision & coaching (S&C). Participants from Central divisional health office explained how the NB-IST in the former project benefited their nurses.