Our work in New Caledonia
The WHO Representative Office in the South Pacific, located in Suva, Fiji, operates under the umbrella of the Western Pacific regional office, and our role is to act as a catalyst and advocate for action at all levels, from local to global, on health issues of public concern.We work together with a range of partners on closely related public health activities; including research, evaluation, awareness raising and resource mobilization.
New Caledonia-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2018-2022
The World Health Organization (WHO), working with partners, will support the Government in pursuing its national strategic priorities. Each strategic activity is linked to at least one of the subregional focus areas that are detailed in the Pacific Island Countries and Areas–WHO Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022.
National health policy
The New Caledonia health plan of 2015 (Do Kamo) notes that its objectives are in line with the broad guidelines of WHO for the Pacific region, particularly with respect to the Healthy Islands vision. The plan sets eight strategic directions:
- Building coordinated governance for health, based on informed choices and pooling of resources.
- Defining a model, culture, strategy and evaluation programme for health policies, and institutionalizing them in the longer term
- Ensuring health system sustainability through financing that is consistent with the policies developed, coordinated control of expenditures, optimization of care provision and empowerment of stakeholders.
- Defining and structuring public action for promoting health for and by all: participating in the movement towards a new model of society according to the means available.
- Reorienting health actions around the users.
- Supporting and encouraging citizens to adopt better behaviours.
- Making lifestyle changes favourable to health and well-being.
- Developing the joint participation of citizens/users from local populations in the interests of better health.