Context of the awards

‘Serau’ is the Fijian term for ‘brightness’ and has been chosen to signify the dawning of a brighter future for Pacific providers and the Pacific health and disability workforce.

The purpose of Serau: Pacific Provider and Workforce Development Fund - Programme of action 2009/10 to 2011/12, is to:

• strengthen and accelerate the development of Pacific health and disability service providers
• strengthen and accelerate the development of the Pacific health and disability workforce.

These two approaches are designed to increase the range and quality of services available to Pacific peoples through Pacific providers, and augment mainstream services that have proven to be less effective in responding to the wider health needs of Pacific peoples.

Since 1998/99, the Ministry has funded a workforce awards scheme as one strategy to help grow a pool of potential Pacific health workers. This approach remains an effective way to help attract, train and retrain Pacific health and disability workers in targeted areas.

For more information visit the Serau pages on the Ministry of Health website.

Download the Serau poster (PDF, 190KB)

Page last updated: 26 July 2010