Summary of publication

Tonga’s response to the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) crisis is guided by the Tuiaki ‘I He ‘Amanaki Ki Ha Tonga Mo’ui Lelei (Tonga National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2021-2025). An important participant in the delivery of the Strategy is the Tonga Health Promotion Foundation (TongaHealth), an independent body with a mandate to engage in a range of health promotion and policy activities and to coordinate and monitor implementation of national NCD strategies. The Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been supporting TongaHealth since 2009, most recently through an AUD 1.8 million funding agreement for the period June 2023 to June 2025 including funding of key locally engaged positions within TongaHealth, and provision of international technical assistance. TongaHealth also receives recurrent Government of Tonga (GoT) funding of TOP 0.6 million per year (TOP 0.5 million for FY23/24).

This Review was commissioned by DFAT to consider the effectiveness of TongaHealth’s contribution to the
implementation of the NCD Strategy at its mid-point. The Review was conducted by an independent consultant, and involved a document review and interviews with fifty stakeholders during an in-country visit in November 2023.

Full publication

• Independent Review: Tonga Health Promotion Foundation’s Implementation of responsibilities under the National NCD Strategy [PDF 1 MB]
• Independent Review: Tonga Health Promotion Foundation’s Implementation of responsibilities under the National NCD Strategy [DOCX 375 MB]

Management response

• Management Response: TongaHealth Review [PDF 216 KB]
• Management Response: TongaHealth Review [DOCX 375 KB]