Josephine Herman

Josephine Aumea Herman is a Cook Islands medical doctor. She was the Secretary of Health in the Cook Islands government from June 2018 to 2021. After that she was Director of Pacific Health at Waitematā District Health Board, then Chief Clinical Advisor for Pacific Health at the Ministry of Health in New Zealand.

A doctor with a research PhD,[1] Herman studied medicine in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and at the University of Auckland.[2] Her doctoral advisors were Shanthi Ameratunga and Rod Jackson.[1] She is a volunteer with the organization Doctors Assisting in South-Pacific Islands (DAISI), and is vice-chair of Pacific Heads of Health.[3][4][5][2] In her official capacity she was responsible for coordinating the government's response to the 2019 outbreak of dengue fever on the islands.[6][7] She has spoken of the need to preserve Cook Islands Māori.[8] Herman is the aunt of the Cook Islands Secretary of Internal Affairs Anne Herman; the two were named to their department secretary roles at the same time by Prime Minister Henry Puna.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Herman, Josephine (2013). Road Traffic Injuries in the Pacific: The epidemiology of road traffic injuries in Fiji and the role of driver sleepiness (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/20572.
  2. ^ a b c Leathley, Conor (February 16, 2018). "3 new women HoMs". www.cookislandsnews.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Speakers | Global Health Security 2019 Conference". www.ghs2019.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Dr Josephine Herman". daisi.com.au. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Etches, Melina. "Nurses suspended after forum success". www.cookislandsnews.com. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "14 confirmed dengue cases in Cook Islands". RNZ. April 2, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "Cook Islands 'holding and containing' dengue outbreak". RNZ. May 20, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2025.
  8. ^ "Cook Island PM endorses push to save language". PMN. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2019.


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