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- Hepatitis A in New Caledonia - Summary report
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In late April 2005, the New Caledonia Pasteur Institute alerted the DASS-NC (New Caledonia Health and Social Affairs Office) Health Activities Department of an unusually high number of Hepatitis Apositive serum tests since the beginning of the year as compared to previous years. An investigation was conducted following this alert, and this is its summary report. (InformAction, December 2005)
http://www.spc.int/phs/ENGLISH/Publications/InformACTION/IA22/hepatitisA-NC-6Dec.pdf
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- Melanesia: The Future of Tradition
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By Weiner, James F. Issue 26.3, Cultural Survival. "Despite the political, economic, and physical hazards brought about by Melanesia's increasing exposure to a global world, local communities have responded in ways that augment and enhance their cultural identity and uniqueness. Eager to embrace western modes of life, they nevertheless insist on doing so within the framework of their customary laws and their still profound attachment to their ancestral lands. The constitutional protection afforded their cultural laws in the independent countries of Melanesia is the most secure bulwark against threats to their cultural survival." James Weiner has been lecturer in anthropology at The Australian National University and the University of Manchester and professor of anthropology at the University of Adelaide. Author of four books and many articles on the Foi, he now works as an independent consultant in Australia.
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- New Caledonia
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The political and administrative structures of New Caledonia have been fundamentally altered by the Nouméa Accord, in which New Caledonian parties opted for a negotiated solution and progressive autonomy from France rather than an immediate referendum on political status. The transfer of powers from France began in 2000 and is to end within 15 to 20 years, when the Territory will opt for either full independence or a form of associated statehood. This 13 page working paper was prepared by the Secretariat of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. (United Nations, 29 March 2006)
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/291/18/PDF/N0629118.pdf?OpenElement
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- Port Vila Presse
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Port Vila Presse is published in English and French every Saturday. The newspaer is entirely produced by ni vanuatu journalists and is independant and unbiased in its news coverage. The paper is the result of a number of self employed journalists working together as a team. These journalists had previously been the foundation of the Government owned VBTC - Vanuatu Broadcasting And Television Corporation.
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- The Pacific: Online Communities
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Within this website there are websites for Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Niue, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Micronesia States, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu. The aim of each website is to establish an Online Community where people can chat, share information and relax, while preserving valuable information for generations to come. There is a news section, to inform members on what's going on; a forum, which allows members to find or share information; an articles section, divided into the categories of general information, language, myths and legends, and recipes and history; a review section, so that by sharing experiences, people can make informed decisions to use or avoid certain products and services and media; an entertainment section, where you can play games, listen to music from or watch videos from musicians of that country. You can also chat with other website members using the Live Chat feature.
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