GIFF JOHNSON A completed suicide and several follow on attempted suicides this month on Ebeye underline ongoing mental health issues and needs in communities in the Marshall Islands. The visit last week to Ebeye by Majuro-based mental health program staff working for the Ministry of Health and local NGOs generated wide community engagement on the […]
A march against domestic violence and substance abuse was sponsored and organized by many NGOs and government-related donor partners on September 24 in Majuro. The silent peace walk generated a great turn out. Many showed up to demonstrate support by either walking from the RRE area to Delap Park or from MAWC in Batkan to […]
After an all-time record low violation rate in the sale of tobacco products to minors in 2017, sales of these products to underage customers increased the past two years.Still, the 2019 “violation rate” by 220 stores surveyed in five islands around the nation was low compared to the first seven years the so-called Synar Survey […]
HILARY HOSIA Marshall Islands Epidemiology and Prevention Initiatives (MIEPI) have been spearheading the Rapid High School Survey to determine the percentage of students who have risk factors for development of diseases like diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease, heart attacks and strokes. The ongoing survey, which started in January this year, is a short questionnaire designed […]
HILARY HOSIA Marshall Islands Epidemiology and Prevention Initiatives (MIEPI) made history following its certification of 16 mental health first aid responders earlier this month at the College of Marshall Islands — the first such course taught in RMI. The unique program was developed by Australian couples Betty Kitchiner and Anthony Jorm in 2001 and has […]
Marshall Islands Prevention Group, otherwise known as MIEPI, is celebrating 10 years as a non-governmental organization in the RMI. MIEPI was established to provide epidemiological surveillance, community research, and public health planning and prevention to monitor, assess and improve health and social welfare of communities in the RMI. MIEPI set aside $1,000 annually since it […]
ISAAC MARTY The number one killer of Marshallese is non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Existing prevention programs trying to halt or curve the NCD trend now have question marks hanging over them. Are they doing a good job? The best answer is that authorities need information in order to evaluate both NCD levels and response programs. For […]
The health group MIEPI was established in 2008 by “the Bens” — Ben Graham, Ben Chutaro — as a substance abuse prevention organization. Since then, MIEPI has taken on different projects with the Single State Agency, Kumit, United Nations Development Program, WUTMI, Ministries of Health and Education, and Youth to Youth in Health. As the […]
