Current Research on the Promotion and Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases in Fiji

Abstract

As indicated by the World Health Organization, an expected 80% or more deaths in Pacific island nations, including Fiji, were identified with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This paper reports the results of a survey conducted with the health care workers working under Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHOMS) as how ethical decisions can help in the promotion and advancement of one’s health and wellbeing as well as prevent NCDs in Fiji. This study indicates that although mediation by health care workers is necessary to promote individuals’ wellbeing and generate advantages for the population served, the nation as a whole when offered such intercessions should sufficiently comprehend the advantages and disadvantages for themselves and practice healthy living. As said by the American specialist and intellectual Edmund Pellegrino 'The wellbeing strategy of a country or a local community is its framework for controlling and improving the social employment of its clinical data and resources'. The study finding determined that health care workers proficiently proactively make an honest effort to advocate and advance the counteraction of NCDs in Fiji in spite of the absence of finances and assets apportioned by the health policy makers and government.