Eileen Natuzzi

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Dr Eileen Natuzzi has worked on health capacity building in the Solomon Islands for 18 years. She holds an affiliate faculty position at the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service Centre for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies.

She currently serves as Solomon Island’s co-coordinator for the Australia New Zealand Gastrointestinal International Training Association (ANZGITA). ANZGITA provides gastrointestinal and endoscopy program capacity building throughout the Pacific Islands.

Dr Natuzzi’s main focus is on policy as it pertains to health systems and impacts from extreme weather events in Pacific Island Countries. Her work has been published in Oceanic Currents, The Hill, The Diplomat, DevPolicy, Griffith University’s Pacific Outlook and Global Health Governance in addition to publications in medical journals.

Japan and the United States should pool efforts to improve health in Pacific Island countries
Japan and the United States should pool efforts to improve health in Pacific Island countries
A coordinated “health as diplomacy” partnership could mobilise the Quad, PBP, and other multinational partnerships to do the same.
A call for medical détente in the Pacific Islands
A call for medical détente in the Pacific Islands
Pooling the expertise and resources of development partners is a win not only for regional healthcare but soft diplomacy.
Military hospital ships from China and the US are plying across Pacific Islands. But this growing competition can do more harm than good
Military hospital ships from China and the US are plying across Pacific Islands. But this growing competition can do more harm than good
Large white hulled ships are big public relations yet do little to address significant health system issues in the region.
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