13 April 2023

Nuku’alofa- The Honourable Prime Minister, Hu’akavameiliku launched the first national guideline for healthy living this morning, Thursday 13 April, 2023 at the Fa’onelua Convention Centre.

This is a milestone in the national effort to promote good health and well-being in Tonga.

“The current health status of the people of Tonga as mentioned by the CEO for Health, together with the increasing evidence of the relationship between overall eating pattern and risk of NCDs in Tonga, are sufficiently well established to support the need for Tonga to have a Food-based Guidelines,” he told guests attending the program.

He congratulated the Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and all those who had been involved in the development of this guideline.

He also made special mention of the FAO for the financial and technical support towards making the project a success.

The event was attended by Cabinet Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps and Health and Agriculture stakeholders.