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Thr 1st Batch: August 1-3, 2011, The 2nd Batch: August 8-10, 2011

With a view to share Fiji's experiences in the NB-IST with Tonga and Vanuatu, a Regional Training on the NB-IST was conducted in August. This was a five-day training program held in Suva, Fiji. Nine regional participants from Tonga and Vanuatu and four national participants from Northern and Western Divisions attended the course. All the participants were main players of the project; National and Divisional/Provincial IST coordinators and nursing supervisors from pilot areas.

The purpose of this training was to increase participants' practical knowledge on development of the NB-IST system. During the training, experiences of innovation in Central Division were shared through the sessions, group works, discussions, and two-day field visits to Teilevu and Naitasiri Sub-divisions. Participants learned comprehensively about the NB-IST and its management system as well as the strategies for its sustainability.

A consolidated output of the course was concluded with the development of a practical Action Plan by participants to be implemented at their home country after the course.