Fiji: Voiceless in the newsstand

The online newsstand

Scientific journals are steadily making progress towards online publishing, as described previously by The spider (see Curr Biol 1996, 6:349). It is not just the peerreviewed journals, however, that are appearing on the net. Scientific magazines and newspapers are also going online. There are some serious disadvantages of the web as a medium for magazines. A magazine reader often wants to rapid...

FOOD Newsstand Special 2015

A SUBSTANCE, LIKE A PERSON, MAY HAVE DISTINCT AND EVEN contradictory aspects to its personality. Today ethyl alcohol, the drinkable species of alcohol, is a multifaceted entity; it may be social lubricant, sophisticated dining companion, cardiovascular health benefactor or agent of de struction. Throughout most of Western civilization’s history, however, alcohol had a far different role. For mo...

The Fiji poverty report

The Case of Fiji

Decision Space and Capacities in the Decentralization of Health Services in Fiji; Comment on “Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis”

The study of decentralization in Fiji shows that increasing capacities is not necessarily related to increasing decision space of local officials, which is in contrast with earlier studies in Pakistan. Future studies should address the relationship among decision space, capacities, and health system performance.