H.E. Dr. Tuitama Leao Talalelei Tuitama
Minister of Health, Samoa
Hon Tuitama Dr. Leao Talalelei Tuitama is the Minister of Health for Samoa and is a Medical Physician by Profession.
During the 1990s, prior to entering politics, Hon. Dr. Tuitama was the Head of Medical Unit of the Samoa National Referral Hospital in Apia and on leaving the public service practiced for many years as a Private Medical Practitioner in Samoa.
Hon. Dr Tuitama has represented Samoa at numerous regional and international meetings over the last decade.
He is a passionate advocator against the importation of junk food with little nutrition value and has been a very vocal supporter in advocating at many national, regional and international forums against the risks to health of alcohol abuse and tobacco use and the dangers to health associated with poor nutrition, obesity and lack of physical activity.
More recently:
Hon. Dr. Tuitama represented Samoa at the first Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-Communicable Disease Control, organised by the World Health Organization and the Russian Federation in April 2011.
He also represented Samoa at the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in New York (2011) and addressed the UN Assembly on the devastating impact of NCDs in Samoa and the importance of putting the Social Determinates of Health and, human health and well being, firmly at the centre of all trade and economic development policies.
During the 1990s, prior to entering politics, Hon. Dr. Tuitama was the Head of Medical Unit of the Samoa National Referral Hospital in Apia and on leaving the public service practiced for many years as a Private Medical Practitioner in Samoa.
Hon. Dr Tuitama has represented Samoa at numerous regional and international meetings over the last decade.
He is a passionate advocator against the importation of junk food with little nutrition value and has been a very vocal supporter in advocating at many national, regional and international forums against the risks to health of alcohol abuse and tobacco use and the dangers to health associated with poor nutrition, obesity and lack of physical activity.
More recently:
Hon. Dr. Tuitama represented Samoa at the first Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-Communicable Disease Control, organised by the World Health Organization and the Russian Federation in April 2011.
He also represented Samoa at the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in New York (2011) and addressed the UN Assembly on the devastating impact of NCDs in Samoa and the importance of putting the Social Determinates of Health and, human health and well being, firmly at the centre of all trade and economic development policies.