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Chair Brett Cowling welcome

Chair Brett Cowling welcome

Dear Rocketship Members, partners and beneficiaries, What an absolute privilege I have as the Chair of this small organisation with an essential role in Pacific Clinical Workforce Strengthening and genuine community engagement. Thank you, Dr Dan Manahan and Dr Lachlan...

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Rocketship seeks new projects

Rocketship seeks new projects

Rocketship is looking at new projects. We have further work in “virtual” support in Pacific Island developing countries, including very low resource countries, for medical practitioners with strong clinical experience, Pacific Island experience, mentoring and...

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Rocketship founder speaks out on climate change

Rocketship founder speaks out on climate change

A Washington Post feature said, “Climate change is set to become the defining narrative of human health,” a top medical journal warned Wednesday – triggering food shortages, deadly disasters and disease outbreaks that would dwarf the toll of the coronavirus. But...

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Australian Rural Doctors overcome pandemic obstacles

Australian Rural Doctors overcome pandemic obstacles

Press release: Australian Rural Doctors are working to improve the health of many throughout Pacific Island Communities despite the Covid-19 pandemic making travel almost impossible. Working through Rocketship, an international not-for-profit organisation based in...

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Discover stories about our people, and the passion that we have for medical training, health and medical issues, and the health and wellbeing of Pacific Island Countries and more.

Readers should be aware that while sharing our stories about Pacific health and medical issues, insights into medical training, and things related to PIC disease burden, from time to time, the stories found in this blog may contain images, references to, or voices of deceased persons.

Philanthropy sustains Kompiam Hospital

Philanthropy sustains Kompiam Hospital

Air support critical in the PNG highlandsKompiam District Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr David Mills told David Gilchrist how philanthropy sustained Kompiam Hospital. Dr Mills says that while the Covid-19 pandemic is another addition to the infectious disease...

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Leadership key for Pacific Health Education

Leadership key for Pacific Health Education

Dr Sinead Kado develops education leadership models for PacificSolomon Island National University has approved a new Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Medicine offered in collaboration with Rocketship and Australian Volunteers International.  With that in mind, Medical...

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WHO offers insights for RocketShip

WHO offers insights for RocketShip

Climate change threatens mental healthRocketship's David Gilchrist found that a 2022 WHO report offers insights for Rocketship Pacific. The report, the Mental health and Climate Change: Policy Brief has recognised the growing threat of the consequences of climate...

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Dr David Mills: Life in PNG highlands

Dr David Mills: Life in PNG highlands

Dr David Mills working in Kompiam District - facing a mountain of morbidityJust 5 degrees south of the equator rise the high mountains of the Kompiam District, Papua New Guinea. Here the summers linger and the winters don’t intrude too much. This is where Dr David...

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