This past week, the Cook Islands has declared a dengue outbreak. As cases continue to rise across Pacific Island nations 🌴🦟, it’s more important than ever to take preventative action. 💡 If residual spraying is offered in your area, please...

We’ve just wrapped up our 2025 Annual Meeting over two insightful days! 🌍✨ It was fantastic to connect with colleagues from health ministries, research institutes, and other partner organisations across the region, discussing important themes ...

📍 On the ground in Tonga! Rod Bellwood, one of our dedicated PacMOSSI team members, is currently in Tonga supporting the Ministry of Health in response to the ongoing dengue outbreak. 🦟 Rod is working alongside local teams to strengthen vect...

🌍🦟 World Malaria Day 2025: "Malaria Ends with Us – Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite" 🔥 Malaria remains a persistent threat in the Pacific, but together, we have the power to end it. Through strong surveillance, innovation, and coll...

🦟💥 Malaria hasn't gone anywhere — and World Malaria Day is tomorrow! While many of us are focused on the current dengue outbreaks across the Pacific 🌴, it’s just as important to remember that malaria still threatens some of our com...

👏 Incredible work by the Balawa community in Lautoka, Fiji — taking the lead in the fight against dengue by cleaning up streets, drains, and clearing mosquito breeding grounds. 🧹🦟🌿 This kind of community-led action is inspiring. It’s...

Our friends at the Samoa Ministry of Health are urging everyone to take action as dengue cases rise in the region. Tonga, Fiji, and French Polynesia are also seeing outbreaks — and Samoa is ramping up its response. 🦟 Let’s all do our part to ...

A recent case of dengue fever in Fiji has resulted in the tragic loss of a student, highlighting the continued public health risk posed by mosquito-borne diseases in the region. PacMOSSI stands in support of the Ministry of Health & Medical Serv...

🌍✨ Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures ✨🌍 This #WorldHealthDay, we recognize the importance of healthy beginnings—especially for women and children, who are most vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. At PacMOSSI...

Screenshot and see which PacMOSSI focus country you get! 👇🏿Tell us in the comments below👇🏽 🔗https://pacmossi.org/countries/ #PacMOSSI

Watch our PacMOSSI co-lead in action! 🌟 The Broadcasting Corporation of Niue is showcasing her work supporting the Niue Department of Health in strengthening mosquito surveillance. See how the department is making strides in protecting public heal...

🌏✈️ PacMOSSI Co-Lead Dr. Amanda Murphy recently spent two weeks in Niue, working closely with the Department of Health to develop a national mosquito management plan. 🦟 The visit included hands-on training in field collections and mosquito...

What’s the buzz about? 🦟🤔 Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected in a Brisbane mosquito and is circulating in the Darling Downs. While JEV is not known to be common in the Pacific Islands, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, de...

🌏💜 This #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the women shaping mosquito-borne disease surveillance in the Pacific! At PacMOSSI, our core management team co-led by Drs Tessa Knox & Amanda Murphy is dedicated to building capacity for mosqui...

From March 3rd to 5th, our co-lead, Dr. Tessa Knox, represented PacMOSSI at the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Vector Control Working Group’s 20th Annual Meeting in Benin🇧🇯, bringing insights from the Pacific to discussions on mosquito control strat...

🦟 Fiji Declares Dengue Outbreak – Here’s What You Need to Know! 🚨 Fiji’s Ministry of Health has confirmed a dengue outbreak, with over 200 cases reported so far this year. Most cases are in the Western Division, affecting people aged 10-...

🌍 On this #WorldNeglectedTropicalDiseaseDay, let’s unite, act, and eliminate neglected tropical diseases like chikungunya, dengue, Zika, and lymphatic filariasis that continue to affect our Pacific Island communities. These mosquito-borne diseas...

A familiar face! Big congrats to Associate Professor Greg Devine & team at the QIMR Berghofer Mosquito Control Lab. The Pacific will surely benefit from this National Health and Medical Research Council - NHMRC investment into innovative approa...

🌟 We’re thrilled to kick off 2025 by unveiling our new website! 🌟 Designed to empower our partners and communities in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases, here’s what’s new: -🌟 Modern, clean layout for a better browsing exper...

From 2 to 6 December 2024, the Ministry Of Health & Medical Services-Kiribati with support from Rod Bellwood (Queensland Health) and Dr. Amanda Murphy (JCU: James Cook University, Australia) through PacMOSSI, conducted training sessions in Tarawa...

The 2024 PacMOSSI training in Suva, Fiji has been a tremendous success! 🌟 Over the past week, participants from across the Pacific gained vital skills in monitoring Aedes mosquito insecticide resistance, a key component in enhancing regional vec...

🚀 We're halfway through the 2024 PacMOSSI training in Suva, Fiji! Participants are making strides in understanding and applying techniques like the WHO tube test 🧪 for monitoring insecticide resistance in Aedes vectors of dengue, Zika, an...

🌟 Exciting news from Suva, Fiji! Today the 2024 PacMOSSI training kicks off, bringing together public health professionals from Pacific Island Countries for a week of practical learning to strengthen the fight against mosquitoes that carry dengue,...

At the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (#CHOGM), climate change was identified as a pressing concern 🌍. In the Pacific, climate change impacts mosquito populations 🦟, raising the risk of diseases like dengue and malaria. Mosquito...