Samoan infants

Pacific health professor 'concerned' at high rate of infant deaths among Tongans and Samoans

Head of Pacific Health Section at Auckland University Professor Vili Nosa told Pacific Breakfast that his team are embarking on a million dollar research project on infant care in Pacific communities. 

Nosa said they have been “collecting statistics but they’ve yet to find out why it's recurring among Pasifika communities".

The two year research will be on Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island, Maori and Niuean infant care practices and mothers.