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Pacific leaders

Pacific leaders are driving transformative change in their countries, leading efforts to strengthen eye health systems and build skilled local workforces. 

Medical Director

Dr John Szetu

Dr John Szetu has been with The Foundation since it started delivering programmes in the Pacific in 2001. He currently holds the position of Medical Director, based at the Regional Eye Centre in the Solomon Islands, where he works as an eye doctor.

Among his myriad other achievements, Dr Szetu (with the support of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ) established the Pacific Eye Institute in 2006, a training centre for Pacific eye health workers now located in Suva, Fiji.  Around the same time, he formed the Pacific Eye Care Society (PacEYES) to represent the interests of eye care professionals working in the Pacific Islands region. Dr Szetu also held the position of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Western Pacific Region Co-Chair for the Pacific Islands Sub–Region from 2009–2012.

Fiji

Ashreeta Lingam

Lecturer
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Dr Mundi Qoqonokana

Chief Consultant Ophthalmologist
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Dr Vara Naviri

Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology
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Kirti Prasad

Fiji Country Manager
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Sereima Vatuvatu

Pacific Clinical Quality Assurance Advisor
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Papua New Guinea

Dr David Pahau

Head of Department, Ophthalmology
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Getruth Bare

Nursing Unit Manager
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Priscilla Sine Mal Peter

PNG Country Manager
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Theresa Gende

Education Manager
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Samoa

Dr Lucilla Ah-Ching Sefo

Head of Department, Ophthalmology
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Solomon Islands

Dr Carole Poloso

Ophthalmologist
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Konio Szetu

Clinical Nurse Advisor & Senior Operating Theatre Nurse
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Tonga

Dr Duke Mataka

Head of Department, Ophthalmology
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Vanuatu

Dr Johnson Kasso

Consultant Ophthalmologist 
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