brain health fair
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A member of the Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) program collects blood samples during the Brain Health Fair that was held yesterday at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) gymnasium in Pago Pago. The fair kicked off last Friday and runs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition’s (ASCCC) Puipui Malu Manatu (PMM) research program, in partnership with Natives Engaged in Alzheimer’s Research (NEAR) program, is continuing its series of Brain Health Fairs in efforts to understand and ensure brain health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the public are invited to the Brain Health Fair with emphasis placed on those 50 and over.
The fair begins this Saturday at the DWYA Gym in Pago Pago from 9 to 1pm. It’s part of a research on Alzheimer’s in American Samoa, an initiative of the American Samoa...

![To participate, individuals must be 50 years or older, of Pacific ancestry, must provide consent, and be willing to give a blood sample. [photo: Julie Pau’u] Woman having her blood drawn at Brain Health Fair](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/brain_health_fair_img_5915.jpg?itok=FZwSwZrS)

