Teaching in Fiji: practising medicine, coping with coups. [PDF]
Brian H. Cameron
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Fiji 2000: Journalists and the George Speight coup
Much criticism of both the local and international media’s role during the May 2000 coup in Fiji emerged after the crisis. Critics included editors and journalists of the local and international media and political and historical analysts who knew the ‘real reasons’ behind the coup and did not see this being reported.
Christine Gounder
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Prevalence of Dementia in European, Chinese and Indian/Fijian-Indian Populations in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Protocol. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Objectives Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is a bicultural nation (Māori and European) with a growing population of Asian and Pacific peoples. Recent analysis of national routinely collected data suggests dementia prevalence is higher in Māori and Pacific peoples when compared with European and Asian, and that inequities in dementia care for Māori ...
Cullum S +20 more
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Looking north or looking anywhere? Indo-Fijian international relations after the coups of May 2000 and December 2006 [PDF]
Eberhard Weber
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'When it floods, we work on our own': Exploring factors influencing collective efficacy appraisals for community-level flood measures among urban informal settlements in Suva, Fiji. [PDF]
Abstract More than one billion people worldwide are living in urban informal settlements where flood risks are high. Positive collective efficacy beliefs can facilitate community‐level adaptive action. This sub‐study of the Revitalizing Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) trial, aimed to identify social and contextual factors influencing
Salinger AP +9 more
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Global, regional and national burden of epilepsy in adolescents aged 10-19 years from 1990 to 2021: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. [PDF]
Abstract Objective Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, imposes multidimensional burdens on adolescents aged 10–19 years, including disrupted education, restricted social participation, and diminished socioeconomic prospects.
Zhou Z, Chen S, Gao Y, Li G.
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OBITUARY: Vale Robbie Robertson, a 'son of Fiji and the Pacific'
While most University of the South Pacific academics were united in their opposition to the 1987 and 2000 coups in Fiji – and many of them suffered in various ways from the 1987 coup, the 2006 coup was divisive in that quite a few senior USP academics ...
Wadan Narsey
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Failure of political governance in Fiji: Dysfunctional policy and the media
Failure of political governance in Fiji is a common place where lack of democratic bargaining, political transparency, and accountability has led to political dysfunction and often political strife in the Pacific Island countries such as Fiji due to ...
Sanjay Ramesh
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When Commodore Frank Bainimarama deposed Fiji's democratically elected government on 5 December 2006 in the country's fourth coup in 20 years, most citizens breathed a sigh of relief that a long-si...
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