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Independent State of Samoa

Alternative Names
  • Western Samoa
Url
http://www.govt.ws/
Summary

Population (2005): 185,000

Economic Indicators 2005 (Atlas method):
GNI (US$): 386.8 million
GNI per capita (US$): 2,090

HIV cases as of Dec 2004 :
Cumulative HIV/AIDS cases: 12
Cumulative incidence rate per 100,000: 6.6
Women with HIV: 4
Cumulative AIDS deaths: 8

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Published Resources

Reports

  • The Pacific Regional Strategy and Key Actions on HIV/AIDS 2004-2008, (Second Draft), SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 11th May 2004, 28 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Ministerial Statement: Second Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS 11 July 2004, Bangkok Thailand, 11 July 2004, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ias.se/bangkok/admin/images/upload/573.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Second Generation Surveillance Surveys of HIV, Other STIs and Risk Behaviours in 6 Pacific Island Countries (2004-2005), World Health Organization - Western Pacific Regional Office, 2006, 125 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/1A28D58A-E2CF-446F-B8A4-5D4DAC54D4E1/0 /SGSFINALDOCUMENT.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • ADB - Asian Development Bank, Poverty Implications of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, ADB, 2006, 30 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • ADB - Asian Development Bank, Socioeconomic Implications of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, ADB, 2006, 47 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, HIV/AIDS and Development in Asia and the Pacific: A Lengthening Shadow, Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne, 9-10 October 2001, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ahrn.net/library_upload/uploadfile/ICAAPMinisterialStatement.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, Ministerial Statement - Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting: 9-10 October 2001, Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, Melbourne, 2001, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ahrn.net/library_upload/uploadfile/ICAAPMinisterialStatement.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • AusAID - Australian Agency for International Development, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific - A Development Perspective, AusAID, Canberra, September 2003, 18 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Baden, Sally, Women, HIV/AIDS and Development: Towards Gender Appropriate Prevention Strategies in South-East Asia and the South Pacific, BRIDGE (development - gender), Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, October 1992, 59 pp. (Also available at http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/re5c.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Baxter, H., Technical Assistance for Socioeconomic Implications of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, ADB - Asian Development Bank, April 2005, 14 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Baxter, H., M. Suga, and L. Lahm, Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors on a Proposed Asian Development Fund Grant to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development in the Pacific Project, Asian Development Bank, ADB - Asian Development Bank, October 2005, 60 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Commonwealth Secretariat, Stoke Rochford Statement on HIV/AIDS and Education from Ministers of Education of Commonwealth Small States: Education for a World without AIDS, Commonwealth Secretariat, September 2, 2004, 2 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Drysdale, Robyn, Franco-Australian Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS and STI Initiative: Review of HIV/AIDS & STI Information Materials, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, September 2004, 30 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • HIV & STI Section in the Public Health Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Regional HIV Strategy Implementation Plan (PRSIP), n/d, n/a pp. (Also available at http://www.spc.int/hiv/images/stories/prsip%20v6.0.xls) [ Details... ]
  • HIV/AIDS & STI Section, PHP, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, The Pacific Regional Strategy on HIV/AIDS 2004-2008 (Final Working Draft), (Final Working Draft), SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 5th July 2004, 32 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Jenkins, Carol, HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, ADB - Asian Development Bank, October 2005, 70 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Mahendra, V.S., S. Pradhan, S. Swain, A. Nanda, S. Patnayk, S. Panda and R. Prasad, Intergenerational Communication on Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: Exploring Feasibility of Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships to Reduce HIV Vulnerabilities of the Young, Research Update, Population Council, New Delhi, April 2007, 2 pp. (Also available at http://www.aidsportal.org/repos/IndiaUpdate_Intergenerational.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Ministry of Health, Samoa, with support from the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Antenatal Clinic STI Survey: Apia, Samoa, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, July 2000, 29 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/31F4B939-F764-45E1-BEA9-C28DB1B567A4/0 /AntenatalClinicSTISurvey_SMA_2000.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Naidu, Amraiya, Statement by H. E. Mr Amraiya Naidu, Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations and Chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum Group, to the Plenary on Item 42 - Follow-Up to the Outcome of the 26th Special Session: Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Report of the Secretary-General 8 November 2002, United Nations, New York, Pacific Islands Forum Group, United Nations, November 2002, 3 pp. (Also available at http://www.un.int/nauru/pifstatement12.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project, Review of National AIDS Coordination Mechanisms in Pacific Island Countries, Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project (PRHP), April 2006, 50 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project (PRHP), Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Report, Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project (PRHP), November 2003 - June 2005, 95 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • PPAPD - Pacific Parliamentary Assembly on Population and Development, The Suva Declaration on HIV/AIDS by Pacific Parliamentarians, PPAPD, 2004, 4 pp. (Also available at http://pacific.unfpa.org/news/Adopted%20Suva%20Declaration_FINAL%2010%20nov.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Islands Regional Millennium Development Goals Report 2004, United Nations Development Program, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia, November 2004, 147 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community, The Pacific Regional Strategy on HIV/AIDS (2004-2008), Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia, 2005, 40 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific Regional Strategy Implementation Plan, October 2005, 110 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • South Pacific Commission, Regional Strategy for the Prevention and Control of STD/AIDS in Pacific Island Countries and Territories 1997-2000, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, 1997, 44 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • The Commonwealth Secretariat, The Commonwealth Secretariat HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework 2007-2009, Pro-Book Publishing Limited, London, 2007, 46 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund - Office for the Pacific, ICPD +10: Progress in the Pacific, UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund - Office for the Pacific, Fiji, 2004, 63 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
  • Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA, Waiting for Something to Happen: Trade Union Responses to HIV/AIDS in the South Pacific, Report of a needs analysis survey for ILO and SPOCTU, APHEDA, July 2004, 64 pp. (Also available at http://www.apheda.org.au/projects/pacific/pages/files /Waiting%20for%20something%20to%20happen%20FINAL.pdf#search= %22pacific%20islands%20seafarers%20a%20study%20on%20hiv%2Faids%20and%20sti%20related%20behaviour%22) [ Details... ]
  • WHO/WPRO - World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Promoting Condoms in Clinics for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Practical Guide for Programme Planners and Managers, WHO - World Health Organization, 2001, 37 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/6D45E1A0-79B5-4FFC-B94D-389A59BC9744/0 /Promoting_condoms_in_clinics_STI.pdf) [ Details... ]
  • World Health Organization - Western Pacific Regional Office, STI/HIV Counselling in Pacific Island Countries: A Training Manual, World Health Organization - Western Pacific Regional Office, 2003, 226 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/pub/STI_manual_PIC /STI_manual.pdf?%23page=4) [ Details... ]

Sources used to compile this entry: Secretariat of the Pacific Community; World Bank World Development Indicators.

Prepared by: susan chong

Created: 17 June 2004, Last modified: 3 January 2007