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The Minister of Health of the Cook Islands, and co-chair of the meeting, Vainetutai Rose Toki-
Brown, stressed the importance of continued collaboration and cooperation among island
states.

"There is a season for everything under the sun and this is our season, an opportunity for the
Pacific to work with the Caribbean, to join forces and work as a family, to support each other,
blossom and grow. Let us all learn from each other and share best practices and resources",
said Toki-Brown.

Participating ministers and high-level health authorities from the Caribbean included the
Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, Haiti, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. From the Pacific,
participating ministers and high-level health authorities included those from Fiji, Cook Islands,

Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu.

Representatives from the CARICOM Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Organization of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS), the Commonwealth Secretariat and PAHO also took part in the

meeting.

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