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DEPT. OF HEALTH

Director of Health, Motusa Tuileama Nua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health will take over from the LBJ hospital moving forward with the implementation the new 40-bed hospital, which came as a surprise to the Director of Health. The move was confirmed by Vice Chair of the LBJ Board, Dr Jean Anderson during a meeting...
Lt. Governor Talauega E.V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor Talauega E. V. Ale yesterday issued Executive Order 004-23, to ‘consolidate’ Behavioral Health Services under the Department of Public Health and amending Executive Order 0012-2016. A press statement issued says the Department of Human & Social...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services (ASDoH-EHS) has put piggery owners on notice. “Disposing of pig waste directly onto grounds near the ocean is unacceptable.  “These pig wastes are surely seeping through the ground and most likely are...
Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Shape up or ship out” these words were uttered by Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei in response to complaints raised by DoH staff about “new changes” to be implemented in the coming year. “The changes we are making is to better our service to the public...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Services has issued a stern warning to members of the business community specifically on meat packing and meat cutting. In a statement posted on their official Facebook Page, the ASDOH says that meatpacking, meat...
Congresswoman Uifa’atal Amata
Washington, D.C. — Two grants for the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH)  will increase data collection and analysis, as well as further COVID vaccination support in American Samoa. “I am very thankful to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)  for these awards,” said...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If you’re thinking of bringing masi saiga and masi Samoa from neighboring Samoa for personal use and instead then turn around and sell it at local stores to make some cash, think again! As part of inspections for business license renewals for the new year, the Department...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Complaints from the public have prompted the Department of Health, Environmental Health Services Division to conduct site inspections. Last week DOH shut down Milovale, Carl’s Jr and a laundromat in Auto, according to the director of the ASDOH Environmental Health...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the first time since the outbreak of the community spread of COVID-19 was first recorded in American Samoa on Feb. 28, the Health Department reports “zero” new positive cases of the deadly virus, according to the DoH Situational Report for the week of Oct. 24 to Oct...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New positive cases from the community spread of COVID-19 remain at single digit-numbers for the second week in a row, and the number of people who were tested also decreased, according to the Health Department’s COVID-19 Situational Report for the week of Sept. 19 to...

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