Tuberculosis, Fiji, 2002–2013

Tuberculosis diagnostics in Fiji: how reliable is culture?

SETTINGS Acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy and Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture are the first-line diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB). The contamination of TB cultures significantly reduces the reliability of TB diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To investigate factors associated with TB culture contamination in Fiji, and the relative diagnostic performance of culture compared to microscopy. ...

Petroleum Geology of Fiji

The Fiji Platform developed as an island arc in the Tertiary. Extensional and transpressional tectonics have deformed the fill of extensive sedimentary basins within the Platform. These basins commonly contain over 3 km of stratified deposits. Five deep petroleum-exploration wells were drilled between 1980 and 1982, but all were dry. There remain reasonable prospects, however, because none of t...

The Fiji poverty report

Relationship between education and training activities and tuberculosis case detection in Fiji, 2008-2011.

Due to concerns about under-reporting of the tuberculosis (TB) case burden in Fiji, efforts have been put into national training, education and awareness activities in the formal health sector and among village health workers, health volunteers and the community since 2010. There has been an absolute increase in TB registrations, and TB case notification rates during the period of training acti...

The Case of Fiji