Guiding Principles
Vision
A healthy population.
Mission
To empower people to take ownership of their health. To assist people to achieve their full health potential by providing quality preventative, curative and rehabilitative services through a caring sustainable health care system.
Values:
- Equity
- Integrity
- Respect for Human Dignity
- Responsiveness
- Customer Focus
Fiji’s Health System
The Fiji Islands are a republic comprised of over 330 islands, covering more than 18,000 square kilometres. The nature of this geography poses significant challenges for the delivery of health services to a population that is dispersed over such a large maritime region.
The Ministry of Health services all of Fiji under the 4 main Divisions and 21 sub-divisions including Rotuma. The Ministry of Health operates with divisional and sub-divisional departments of the Ministry of Health.
The 2007 census place Fiji’s population at 837,271 (for ease of government planning, this population is divided into four Divisions; Central – with a population of 342,477, Eastern – with a population of 39,313, Northern – with a population of 135,961 and Western – with a population of 319,611). The total rural population was 412,425 (49.3%) and the total urban population was 424,846 (50.7%) of the national population. The trend reveals a growing urban drift in Fiji’s population.
The Ministry of Health delivers its services to this population, with 3 main Divisional Hospitals, 18 Sub-divisional Hospitals, over 80 Health Centre’s and 99 Nursing Stations in 2014. You can use our interactive map to locate your nearest health centre.
Corporate Profile
Responsibilities of the Ministry
In line with the 2009 – 2014 Roadmap for Democracy and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, the health related policy objectives are;
- Communities are served with adequate primary and preventative health services, thereby protecting, promoting and supporting their wellbeing.
- Communities have access to effective and quality clinical health care and rehabilitation services.
- Health system strengthening is undertaken at all levels of the Ministry.
The Ministry of Health has translated these objectives through 7 Health Outcomes under the above strategic Goals;
7 Health Outcomes;
- Reduced burden of Non-Communicable Diseases.
- Begin to reverse spread of HIV/AIDS and preventing, controlling or eliminating other Communicable Diseases.
- Improved family health and reduced maternal morbidity and mortality.
- Improved child health and reduced child morbidity and mortality.
- Improved adolescent health and reduced adolescent morbidity and mortality.
- Improved mental health care.
- Improved environmental health through safe water and sanitation.
You can read more about the above outcomes in the Ministry of Health’s Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015, available for download in this section.
The major health issues facing Fiji include the burden of non-communicable diseases on or population, an increase in maternal mortality rates, slow progress in achieving international targets for Under 5 mortality rate, immunisation rate hovering around 95% and a lack of multi-sectoral approach in addressing social determinants of health.
The Ministry of Health is facing many challenges when in comes to health in Fiji, despite this, MoH is always focused on working closely with government departments, development partners, private and non-governmental organisations, faith-based and professional groups to ensure the people of Fiji continue to receive improved and quality health care.
