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PacWaste is working across 14 Pacific island countries and TimorLeste to improve the management of healthcare waste. Healthcare waste is hazardous because it has the potential to be infectious or harmful to humans and the environment. In Solomon Islands, PacWaste conducted a healthcare waste management baseline survey in July 2014, through which information was collected on current waste management processes. Audits were conducted at six hospitals: Honiara National Referral Hospital (Honiara); Gizo Hospital (Gizo); Helena Goldie Hospital (Munda); Kilu’ufi Hospital (Auki); Atoifi Adventist Hospital (Atoifi); and Kirakira Hospital (Kirakira).

This factsheet provides a summary of information about gender from the 23013/2014 Palau household income and expenditure survey (HIES). Gender is fundamental to the social and cultural fabric of Palau a matrilineal society

There is a large degree if difference in household (HH) income in Chuuk when compared with the three other states of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Agriculture is extremely important for the livehoods of households (HH) across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). This factsheet aims to improve understanding of how agriculture contributes to sustainable livelihoods and food security.

The FSM most recent household income and expenditure survey (HIES) was

60% of the total expenditure is dedicated to food in Chuuk. 40% of the households on Pohnpei consume Sakau (which is the main non food items consumed). 55% of the value of the food consumed in Yap is home-produced. 82% of the households in Chuuk have a total expenditure below the national average.

The utilisation of marine genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge has long been sidelined in the discussions on access to genetic resources and fair and equitable benefit sharing (ABS). One reason lies in the difficult accessibility of marine ecosystems, especially in greater depths.