This year’s Symposium theme is focused on Palliative Care which is relevant to not only Nephrology services but all facets of clinical care. Many of the Pacific Island countries have limited treatment options available and so it is essential that we should be able to provide holistic supportive care. To our knowledge no Pacific Island nation currently has an established palliative care service, leaving general healthcare workers and family caregivers to manage end-of-life care with limited training. In addition, stigma in both the general community and amongst health professionals around discussing death can delay referrals, reducing the effectiveness of available services and sometimes wasting our already limited resources.

With 99 participants, including 14 attendees and 7 expert international guest speakers, the 8th Fijian Nephrology symposium was a huge success!

Thank you to all those who attended and supported.

We hope to see at next year’s event!