Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow
TAHA Well Pacific Mother & Infant Service, New Zealand
Biography
Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow is Manager of TAHA Well Pacific Mother & Infant Service based at the University of Auckland. Jacinta was born in Samoa and was raised and still lives in South Auckland. She has held roles in primary care quality coordination (Pasifika Healthcare, now called West Fono Trust), research funding processes (Manager Pacific Health Research, Health Research Council) and public health services policy, funding and planning (Portfolio Manager, Ministry of Health). With a Masters of Public Health, married to Abba and now mother of three sons: Cisco, James and Peter, Jacinta is able to translate her passion for maternal and infant health into action through TAHA’s focus on improving Pacific pregnancy and parenting.